Babesia (Theileria) annae in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) from Prince Edward Island, Canada

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 615-621

  Clancey, Noel ^a   Horney, Barbara ^a   Burton, Shelley ^a   Birkenheuer, Adam ^b   McBurney, Scott ^c   Tefft, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Babesia (theileria) annae; Canada; Prince edward island; Red fox; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; CANIDAE; THEILERIA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; CANADA; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOX; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOXES; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

EID: 77952408965     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.2.615     Document Type: Article

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