First cases of besnoitiosis in cattle in Switzerland;Erste Fälle von Besnoitiose bei Rindern in der Schweiz

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 469-474

  Lesser, M ^a   Braun, U ^a   Deplazes, P ^a   Gottstein, B ^b   Hilbe, M ^a   Basso, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal trade; Besnoitia besnoiti; Cattle; Diagnosis; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; BESNOITIA; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84868594470     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281/a000389     Document Type: Article

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