The present study demonstrated for the first time the ability to distinguish between the Israeli Babesia bovis vaccine strain and field isolates. The existence of an additional EcoRI restriction site in the rhoptry-associated protein-1 (rap-1) gene, which is unique to the Israeli vaccine strain,...
Author(s)
Molad, T.; Fleiderovitz, L.; Leibovitz, B.; Wolkomirsky, R.; Behar, A.; Markovics, A.
Publisher
Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Veterinary Parasitology, 2015, 208, 3/4, pp 159-168
Babesia bovis is a tick-transmitted haemoprotozoan and a causative agent of bovine babesiosis, a cattle disease that causes significant economic loss in tropical and subtropical regions. A panel of nineteen micro- and minisatellite markers was used to estimate population genetic parameters of...
Author(s)
Flores, D. A.; Minichiello, Y.; Araujo, F. R.; Shkap, V.; Benítez, D.; Echaide, I.; Rolls, P.; Mosqueda, J.; Pacheco, G. M.; Petterson, M.; Florin-Christensen, M.; Schnittger, L.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2013, 60, s2, pp 131-136
A description is provided for Sclerospora sorghi[Peronosclerospora sorghi]. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Sorghum bicolor, Sorghum sudanense, Sorghum almum, Sorghum halepense, maize, teosinte and,...
Publisher
CAB International, Wallingford, UK
Citation
IMI Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria, 1975, No. 46, pp Sheet 451
Feral cattle can be distinguished from domestic stock only by their location and lack of ear marks or tags. Their size and conformation vary greatly...
The Charolais Bos taurus cattle breed has its origins in France in the south-eastern and west-central regions, in the former province of Charolles...
According to Olson and Miller (1987), the initial descriptions of enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) were published in German medical literature in...
The parasite Babesia is named after Babes, the scientist who first described it in sheep and cattle in 1888 (Levine, 1961). Organisms belonging to...
Haemophilus somnus has been described as the etiological agent of a variety of diseases in cattle and sheep including thrombotic meningoencephalitis...
Neosporosis affects livestock in many countries, particularly as an important cause of abortion in cattle, and was first seen as a neuromuscular...
Johne's disease or paratuberculosis (PTB) caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, initially infects the ileum causing a...