Epidemiology study of tick-borne diseases in cattle in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Pohl, Anna Elisabeth (2013): Epidemiology study of tick-borne diseases in cattle in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Dissertation, LMU München: Tierärztliche Fakultät

Abstract

The study aimed to characterize the occurrence of tick-borne diseases within a herd in an endemic region in Brazil, focusing on two different aspects: (a) to determine the occurrence of the three pathogens Anaplasma marginale, Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina using direct and indirect detection methods and (b) to analyze the incidence of genetic diversity among A. marginale isolates based on a Major Surface Protein (MSP) as a marker of variation within the farm.

• Dokumententyp: Dissertationen (Dissertation, LMU München)
• Keywords: Anaplasma marginale, Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina, PCR, MSP1a, microsatellites, tandem repeats, Brazil
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik ; 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
• Fakultäten: Tierärztliche Fakultät
• Sprache der Hochschulschrift: Englisch
• Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: 20. Juli 2013
• 1. Bericht­erstatter:in: Pfister, Kurt