Seroprevalence of equine piroplasms in the Republic of Korea

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 224-226

  Seo, Min Goo ^a   Yun, Sun Hee ^a   Choi, Seong Kyoon ^a   Cho, Gil Jae ^a   Park, Yong Soo ^b   Kwon, Oh Deog ^a   Cho, Kwang Hyun ^b   Kim, Tae Hwan ^a   Jeong, Kyu Shik ^a   Park, Sang Joon ^a   Kwon, Young Sam ^a   Kwak, Dongmi ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyongbuk Livestock Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Equus caballus; Horse blood; Seroprevalence; Theileria equi

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RNA 18S;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA CABALLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUINE PIROPLASMOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH KOREA; THEILERIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

BABESIA CABALLI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; IXODIDA; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 79957587800     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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