Seroprevalence of tick-borne diseases among cattle in the Sudan

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 845-850

  Salih, D A ^a   Abdel Rahman, M B ^a   Mohammed, A S ^a   Ahmed, R ^a   Kamal, S ^a   El Hussein, A M ^a  

^a Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SUDAN; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA MUTANS; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CATTLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; THEILERIOSIS;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; FRIESIA; IXODIDA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA MUTANS;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUDAN; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIASIS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 65549114068     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1265-0     Document Type: Article

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