A longitudinal assessment of the serological response to Theileria parva and other tick-borne parasites from birth to one year in a cohort of indigenous calves in western Kenya

Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1289-1298

  Kiara, H ^a   Jennings, A ^b   Bronsvoort, B M D C ^c   Handel, I G ^c   Mwangi, S T ^d   Mbole Kariuki, M ^e   Conradie Van Wyk, I ^f   Poole, E J ^a   Hanotte, O ^e   Coetzer, J A W ^f   Woolhouse, M E J ^d   Toye, P G ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cattle; haemoparasites; Kenya; longitudinal; serology; Theileria parva; tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BIRTH; BLOOD PARASITE; CALF (BOVINE); CAUSE OF DEATH; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL; BABESIA; BLOOD; BOVINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVESTOCK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; THEILERIOSIS; TICK; VETERINARY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; CALF (MAMMAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA MUTANS;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BOS; IXODIDA; THEILERIA MUTANS; THEILERIA PARVA;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 84926419023     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201400050X     Document Type: Article

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