Bovine besnoitiosis: Epidemiological and clinical aspects

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 30-36

  Jacquiet, P ^a   Lienard E ^a   Franc, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Besnoitia besnoiti; Besnoitiosis; Cattle; Emergence; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; NITAZOXANIDE; PROTOZOAL DNA; SULFADIMETHOXINE; SULFADIMIDINE;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BESNOITIOSIS; CATTLE FARMING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COW; DRUG EFFICACY; EUROPE; FEVER; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PURPURA; SCLERODERMA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; SARCOCYSTIDAE;

BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS; BOVINAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78049378507     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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