Prevalence of theileria equi and babesia caballi infection in horses from Northern Italy

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 955-956

  Grandi, Giulio ^a   Molinari, Giovanni ^a   Tittarelli, Manuela ^b   Sassera, Davide ^c   Kramer, Laura H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Equine piroplasmosis; Italy; Theileria equi

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA CABALLI; BLOOD SAMPLING; EQUINE PIROPLASMOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ITALY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA CABALLI; EQUIDAE; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 79960124489     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0193     Document Type: Article

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