Diagnosis and treatment of Babesia odocoilei in captive reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) and recognition of three novel host species

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 152-159

  Bartlett, Susan L ^a   Abou Madi, Noha ^a   Messick, Joanne B ^b,e   Birkenheuer, Adam ^c,d   Kollias, George V ^a  

^a Section of Wildlife Health   (United States)

^b Section of Clinical Pathology

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Babasia; Hemolysis; Imidocarb dipropionate; Rangifer tarandus tarandus; Reindeer

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; IMIDOCARB; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; REINDEER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; IMIDOCARB; MALE; REINDEER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA ODOCOILEI; BOS GRUNNIENS; CAPRA FALCONERI; CAPRA HIRCUS; IXODIDA; MUNTIACUS; MUNTIACUS REEVESI; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 65249093639     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0011.1     Document Type: Article

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