Detection of Babesia divergens in southern Norway by using an immunofluorescence antibody test in cow sera

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hasle, Gunnar ^a,b   Bjune, Gunnar A ^b   Christensson, Dan ^c   Røed, Knut H ^d   Whist, Anne C ^e   Leinaas, Hans P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e TINE SA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BOVINAE; PIROPLASMIDA;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; NORWAY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77957316336     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-52-55     Document Type: Article

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