Seroprevalence of tick-borne diseases in communal cattle reared on sweet and sour rangelands in a semi-arid area of South Africa

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-76

  Marufu, Munyaradzi C ^a   Chimonyo, Michael ^a   Dzama, Kennedy ^b   Mapiye, Cletos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; CI ELISA; IFAT; Nguni cattle

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADAPTATION; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BODY WEIGHT; BREED DIFFERENCE; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; RANGELAND; REARING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; HEARTWATER DISEASE; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; IXODIDA;

EID: 77949315563     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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