Babesia species and co-infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in free-ranging ungulates from Tyrol (Austria)

Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift

Volumn 98, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 268-274

  Silaghi, C ^a,c   Hamel, D ^a,c   Pfister, K ^a,c   Rehbein S , ^b,d  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Austria; Babesia capreoli; Babesia divergens; Babesia odocoilei like; Babesia sp. EU1; Mountain ungulates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871341146     PISSN: 0043535X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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