Serological survey of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina in cattle in South Africa

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 182, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 337-342

  Terkawi, Mohamad Alaa ^a   Thekisoe, Oriel M M ^a,c   Katsande, Charles ^b   Latif, Abdalla A ^b   Mans, Ben J ^b   Matthee, Olivier ^b   Mkize, Nozipho ^b   Mabogoane, Nomsa ^b   Marais, Frances ^b   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; ELISA; IFAT; Seroprevalence; South Africa

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; RHOPTRY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; SPHERICAL BODY PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RELIABILITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 80755132086     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.047     Document Type: Article

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