Haemolytic disease in sheep attributed to a Babesia lengau-like organism

Veterinary Record

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Giadinis, N D ^a   Chochlakis, D ^b,c   Kritsepi Konstantinou, M ^a   Makridaki, E ^b   Tselentis, Y ^b,c   Kostopoulou, D ^a   Karatzias, H ^a   Psaroulaki, A ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Regional Laboratory of Public Health   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GREECE; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PIROPLASMOSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GREECE; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BABESIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84857272329     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.100394     Document Type: Article

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