Detection of Theileria and Babesia in brown brocket deer (Mazama gouazoubira) and marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 61-66

  da Silveira, Júlia A G ^a   Rabelo, Élida M L ^a   Ribeiro, Múcio F B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Cervids; Hemoprotozoa; Theileria cervi; Theileria spp.

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR NITENS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS; RNA SEQUENCE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA CERVI; THEILERIOSIS; TICK;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BRAZIL; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TICKS;

AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BLASTOCEROS DICHOTOMUS; CERVIDAE; DERMACENTOR NITENS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MAZAMA GOUAZOUPIRA; PROTOZOA; RHIPICEPHALUS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA CERVI; THEILERIA SP.;

EID: 79953161331     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.10.044     Document Type: Article

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