Distribution of boophilus microplus and boophilus decoloratus and associated occurrence of babesia species in cattle in the Soutpansberg region, Northern Province, South Africa

Bovine babesiosis occurs worldwide and is one of the most costly tick-borne cattle diseases in the tropics. The Soutpansberg region of the Northern Province in South Africa is endemic for Babesia bigemina, but Babesia bovis was only reported from this area in the 1980s when some farmers experienced...

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Main Author: Tonnesen, Mirjam Hauke
Other Authors: Bryson, Nigel Robert
Published: University of Pretoria 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23366
Tonnesen, M 2002, Distribution of boophilus microplus and boophilus decoloratus and associated occurrence of babesia species in cattle in the Soutpansberg region, Northern Province, South Africa, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23366 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03232005-124148/