Outbreak of equine piroplasmosis in Florida

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 240, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 588-595

  Short, Michael A ^a   Clark, Carol K ^b   Harvey, John W ^c   Wenzlow, Nanny ^c   Hawkins, Ian K ^c   Allred, David R ^c   Knowles, Donald P ^d   Corn, Joseph L ^e   Grause, Juanita F ^f   Hennager, Steven G ^f   Kitchen, Diane L ^a   Traub Dargatz, Josie L ^g  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES   (United States)

^b Peterson and Smith Equine Hospital   (United States)

^c University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^g Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE;

EID: 84857380262     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.240.5.588     Document Type: Article

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