Babesiosis as a potential threat for bovine production in China

Abstract Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease with global impact caused by parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa, genus Babesia. Typically, acute bovine babesiosis (BB) is characterized by fever, anemia, hemoglobinuria, and high mortality. Surviving animals remain persistently infected and become reserv...

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Main Authors: Lan He, Reginaldo G. Bastos, Yali Sun, Guohua Hua, Guiquan Guan, Junlong Zhao, Carlos E. Suarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04948-3