Prevalence of tick borne pathogens in horses from Italy

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 715-720

  Laus, Fulvio ^a   Veronesi, Fabrizia ^b   Passamonti, Fabrizio ^b   Paggi, Emanuele ^a   Cerquetella, Matteo ^a   Hyatt, Doreene ^c   Tesei, Beniamino ^a   Fioretti, Daniela Piergili ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Equine granulocytic anaplasmosis; Equine piroplasmosis; Horse; Italy; Lyme borreliosis

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; THEILERIA; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; THEILERIA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA CABALLI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EQUIDAE; IXODIDA; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 84879580705     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.12-0449     Document Type: Article

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