Bovine besnoitiosis in Switzerland: Imported cases and local transmission

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 265-273

  Basso, Walter ^a   Lesser, Maren ^a   Grimm, Felix ^a   Hilbe, Monika ^a   Sydler, Titus ^a   Trösch, Luzia ^a   Ochs, Hansueli ^b   Braun, Ueli ^a   Deplazes, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal trade; Besnoitia besnoiti; Cattle; Diagnosis; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BESNOITIOSIS; BOVINE BESNOITIOSIS; BREEDING; BULL (BOVINE); CATTLE DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PROTOZOON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SKIN; SWITZERLAND; TENDON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS; BOVINAE; PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL TRADE; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; CATTLE; DIAGNOSIS; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL LINE; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84888430829     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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