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At least two genetically distinct large Babesia species infective to sheep and goats in China.
Veterinary parasitology - 20 Jul 2007
Liu A H, Yin H, Guan G Q, Schnittger L, Liu Z J, Ma M L, Dang Z S, Liu J L, Ren Q Y, Bai Q, Ahmed J S, Luo J X
Abstract excerpt
A fatal disease of sheep and goats in the northern part of China has been reported to be due to Babesia ovis. However, some characteristics of the causative agent in recent reports are not in accordance with the original attributes ascribed to this parasite. Therefore, the 18S small subunit ribosomal RNA (18S rRNA) genes of a number of Babesia isolates in China were sequenced and compared with that of other...
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