Coexistence of tick-borne pathogens in game animals and ticks in western Poland

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 668-675

  Skotarczak, Bogumila ^a   Adamska, M ^a   Sawczuk, M ^a   Maciejewska, A ^a   Wodecka, B ^a   Rymaszewska, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Bartonella; Borrelia; Game animals; Ixodes ricinus; PCR; Theileria

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; THEILERIA;

EID: 59349094995     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/1975-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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