Detection of babesia gibsoni and the canine small babesia 'Spanish isolate' in blood samples obtained from dogs confiscated from dogfighting operations

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 535-539

  Yeagley, Todd J ^a   Reichard, Mason V ^a   Hempstead, Julie E ^a   Allen, Kelly E ^a   Parsons, Lindsey M ^a,b   White, Mellanie A ^a   Little, Susan E ^a   Meinkoth, James H ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; THEILERIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE;

EID: 70349921096     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.235.5.535     Document Type: Article

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