Occurrence of Theileria parva and other haemoprotozoa in cattle at the edge of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-49

  Yusufmia, S B A S ^a   Collins, N E ^a   Nkuna, R ^a   Troskie, M ^a   Van Den Bossche, P ^a,b   Penzhorn, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Babesia rossi; Cattle; Hluhluwe iMfolozi park; Theileria mutans; Theileria parva; Theileria sp. (sable); Theileria taurotragi; Theileria velifera; Trypanosoma theileri; Trypanosoma vivax; Wildlife livestock interface

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BLOOD PARASITE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY;

BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIA ROSSI; BOS; BOVINAE; SYNCERUS CAFFER; THEILERIA; THEILERIA MUTANS; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIA SP.; THEILERIA TAUROTRAGI; THEILERIA VELIFERA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA THEILERI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS;

EID: 77956092610     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v81i1.95     Document Type: Article

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