A century of bovine besnoitiosis: An unknown disease re-emerging in Europe

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 407-415

  Álvarez García, Gema ^a   Frey, Caroline F ^a,b   Mora, Luis Miguel Ortega ^a   Schares, Gereon ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Besnoitia besnoiti; Bovine besnoitiosis; Cattle; Control; Impact; Re emergence; Transmission; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARYLIMIDAMIDE; LIVE VACCINE; SULFADIAZINE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; APICOMPLEXA; BESNOITIOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COW; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FRANCE; HISTORY; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOVINE BESNOITIOSIS; CATTLE; CONTROL; IMPACT; RE-EMERGENCE; TRANSMISSION; VECTOR-BORNE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; EUROPE; SARCOCYSTIDAE;

BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84880964774     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.06.002     Document Type: Review

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