Seroprevalence of Babesia infections of dairy cows in northern Thailand

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 193-196

  Iseki, Hiroshi ^a   Zhou, Lijia ^a   Kim, Chulmin ^a   Inpankaew, Tawin ^b   Sununta, Chainirun ^c   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Jittapalapong, Sathaporn ^b   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Chiang Rai Provincial Public Health Office   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Dairy cows; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); Indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT); Thailand; Western blot

Indexed keywords

RAP1 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND;

BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOVINAE;

EID: 77953135789     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.02.038     Document Type: Article

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