Prevalence of Tick Borne Pathogens in Horses from Italy
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Prevalence of tick borne pathogens in horses from Italy.
In order to investigate the prevalence of tick-borne diseases, equine piroplasmosis, equine granulocytic anaplasmosis and Lyme borreliosis in Central Italy, blood samples from 300 horses were analyzed for the presence of antibodies against Babesia caballi, Theileria equi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi using the IFAT. The blood samples were also subjected to PCR assays in or...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0916-7250,1347-7439
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.12-0449