Nilgai Antelope in Northern Mexico as a Possible Carrier for Cattle Fever Ticks and Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina

Autor: Zeferino García-Vázquez, J. Alfonso Ortega-Santos, Tyler A. Campbell, Fred C. Bryant, Antonio Cantú-Covarrubias, David G. Hewitt, Julio V. Figueroa-Millán, Elsa M. Cárdenas-Canales, Randall W. DeYoung
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 47:777-779
ISSN: 0090-3558
Popis: Of 20 blood samples from nilgais from Mexico, five were polymerase chain reaction-positive for Babesia bigemina and one for Babesia bovis. Positive samples had the expected 170 (B. bigemina) and 291 (B. bovis) base pairs and were identical to Gen- Bank B. bigemina accession S45366 and B. bovis M38218.
Databáze: OpenAIRE