Bovine besnoitiosis in Germany

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 329-334

  Rostaher, Ana ^a   Mueller, Ralf S ^a   Majzoub, Monir ^a   Schares, Gereon ^b   Gollnick, Nicole S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

BESNOITIA; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOVINAE;

EID: 77954378723     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2009.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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