Molecular and serologic evidence for Babesia bovis-like parasites in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in south Texas

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 214-220

  Ramos, Christina M ^a   Cooper, Susan M ^b   Holman, Patricia J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S ribosomal RNA gene; Babesia bovis; Babesia odocoilei; Cattle; IFAT; Odocoileus virginianus; PCR; Texas; Theileria sp.; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIA ODOCOILEI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THEILERIA; THEILERIA CERVI; UNITED STATES; WHITE TAILED DEER; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; DEER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TEXAS; THEILERIA;

BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIA ODOCOILEI; BOS; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; THEILERIA CERVI; THEILERIA SP.;

EID: 77956061974     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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