Ticks and haemoparasites of dogs from Praia, Cape Verde

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 171-174

  Gotsch S ^a   Leschnik, M ^a   Duscher, G ^a   Burgstaller, J P ^b   Wille Piazzai, W ^a   Joachim, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b IFA Tulln ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaplasma platys; Babesia canis; Babesia gibsoni; Cape Verde; Dog; Ehrlichia canis; Hepatozoon canis; Leishmania; Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BABESIA GIBSONI; BLOOD PARASITE; CAPE VERDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEPATOZOON CANIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BABESIA; CAPE VERDE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ARTHROPODA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEPATOZOON CANIS; IXODIDA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 70350413602     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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