Babesia canis and other tick-borne infections in dogs in Central Poland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 191-198

  Welc Faleciak, Renata ^a   Rodo, Anna ^b   Siński, Edward ^a   Bajer, Anna ^a  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia canis; Bartonella; Borrelia burgdorferi; Chronic infections; Ehrlichia canis; Prevention; Sled dogs; Ticks; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; IMIDOCARB; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIOSIS; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DOG; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLAND; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA CANIS CANIS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA SP.; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 70449536465     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.038     Document Type: Article

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