Molecular evidence of natural infection with Babesia canis canis in Croatia

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-46

  Brkljačić, Mirna ^a   Matijatko, Vesna ^a   Kiš, Ivana ^a   Kučer, Nada ^a   Foršek, Jadranka ^a   Rafaj, Renata Barić ^a   Grden, Darko ^a   Torti, Marin ^a   Mayer, Iva ^a   Mrljak, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Babesiosis; DNA; Dog; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CROATIA; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY;

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

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA CANIS CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77249093138     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.58.2010.1.4     Document Type: Article

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