Chapter 18
Blood-Inhabiting Protozoans: Piroplasms (Theileria spp., Cytauxzoon spp., and Babesia spp.)
A. Alan Kocan,
Kenneth A. Waldrup,
A. Alan Kocan
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Kenneth A. Waldrup,
A. Alan Kocan
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This chapter contains section titled:
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Theileria SPP. (Theileriosis) AND Cytauxzoon SPP. (Cytauxzoonosis).
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Babesia SPP. (Babesiosis)
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