Haemolytic anaemia in cattle in NSW associated with Theileria infections

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 45-51

  Izzo, M M ^a   Poe, I ^b   Horadagoda, N ^a   De Vos, A J ^c   House, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Rural Lands Protection Board   (Australia)

^c Tick Fever Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle, haemolytic anaemia; Theileria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; THEILERIOSIS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; THEILERIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA BUFFELI; THEILERIA SP.;

EID: 76149101597     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2009.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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