Epidemiological survey of Theileria orientalis infection in grazing cattle in the eastern part of Hokkaido, Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 937-944

  Ota, Naomi ^a   Mizuno, Daisuke ^a   Kuboki, Noritaka ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a   Nakamura, Yukio ^b   Yamashina, Hidenari ^c   Hanzaike, Teruko ^d   Fujii, Kei ^e   Onoe, Sadao ^e   Hata, Hiroshi ^f   Kondo, Seiji ^f   Matsui, Shirou ^g   Koga, Masao ^g   Matsumoto, Kotaro ^a   Inokuma, Hisashi ^a   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a  

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

^b Nakamura Domestic Animal Clinic   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido Agricultural Developmental Corporation   (Japan)

^d Tokachi Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

^e Hokkaido Animal Research Center   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Hokkaido; MPSP; P23; Theileria orientalis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; THEILERIA; THEILERIOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; JAPAN; PARASITEMIA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

BOS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 69149091867     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.71.937     Document Type: Article

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