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Bovine chronic besnoitiosis in a calf: Characterization of a novel B. besnoiti isolate from an unusual case report.
Veterinary parasitology - 30 Nov 2017
Diezma-Díaz C, Jiménez-Meléndez A, Fernández M, Gutiérrez-Expósito D, García-Lunar P, Ortega-Mora L M, Pérez-Salas J A, Blanco-Murcia J, Ferre I, Álvarez-García G
Abstract excerpt
Bovine besnoitiosis, caused by the apicomplexan Besnoitia besnoiti, is a chronic and debilitating disease characterized by cutaneous and systemic manifestations that primarily affects adult beef cattle. Previous studies have reported that clinical besnoitiosisis is rare in calves. However, we isolated B. besnoiti from a chronically infected calf for the first time. The identity of the Besnoitia species was...
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