Detection of a large unnamed Babesia piroplasm originally identified in dogs in North Carolina in a dog with no history of travel to that state

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 851-854

  Holman, Patricia J ^a,b   Backlund, Brianna B ^a,b   Wilcox, Angela L ^a,b,c   Stone, Richard ^a,d   Stricklin, Andrew L ^a,b   Bardin, Kendall E ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IMIDOCARB; IMIDOCARB DIPROPIONATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IMIDOCARB; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA SP.; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IVA;

EID: 70350015106     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.235.7.851     Document Type: Article

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