Haemoparasites of free-roaming dogs associated with several remote Aboriginal communities in Australia

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Barker, Emily N ^a   Langton, Debra A ^a   Helps, Chris R ^a   Brown, Graeme ^b   Malik, Richard ^b   Shaw, Susan E ^a   Tasker, Séverine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BABESIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMATOPARVUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOCANIS;

ABORIGINE; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BABESIA; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PIROPLASMOSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84860829747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-55     Document Type: Article

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