Article
Theileria parasite infection in East Asia and control of the disease.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 Jul 1998
Onuma M, Kakuda T, Sugimoto C
Abstract excerpt
Bovine piroplasmosis caused by Theileria sergenti is a major cause of economic loss in grazing cattle in Japan. We found that parasite stocks and isolates consist of genetically and antigenically mixed populations. To differentiate among parasite populations bearing 3 allelic forms of p32/34, an...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Australia
- Base Sequence
- Cattle
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Protozoan
- Asia, Eastern
- Genetic Variation
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Membrane Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Protozoan Proteins
- Protozoan Vaccines
- Theileria
- Theileriasis
