Anaplasma marginale infection in a Japanese Black cow 13 years after eradication of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in Okinawa, Japan

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 351-355

  Ooshiro, Mamoru ^a   Zakimi, Satoshi ^a   Matsukawa, Yoshimasa ^a   Yafuso, Makoto ^b   Katagiri, Yoshito ^b   Inokuma, Hisashi ^c  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Animal Health   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Yaeyama Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaplasma marginale; Case report; Japan; Okinawa; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TICK CONTROL;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BOOPHILUS; BOS; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 60849107702     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.11.023     Document Type: Article

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