Seroprevalence of Babesia caballi and Theileria equi in the Swiss horse population

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-317

  Sigg, Liv ^a   Gerber, Vincent ^a   Gottstein, Bruno ^b   Doherr, Marcus G ^a   Frey, Caroline F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Equine piroplasmosis; Horse; Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Test (IFAT); Switzerland; Theileria equi

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA MICROTI; EQUINE PIROPLASMOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRANCE; GERMANY; IMPORT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; THEILERIA; THEILERIA EQUI;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CABALLI; EQUIDAE; IXODIDA; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 77955335861     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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