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redwater fever — bovine babesiosis … Medical dictionary
Babesia — The economically most important genus of the protozoan family Babesiidae; characterized by multiplication in host red blood cells to form pairs and tetrads; it causes babesiosis (piroplasmosis) in most types of domestic animals, and two species… … Medical dictionary
Babesia divergens — Taxobox | color = khaki name = Babesia divergens regnum = Protista phylum = Apicomplexa classis = Aconoidasida ordo = Piroplasmasina familia = Babesiidae genus = Babesia species = B. divergens binomial = Babesia divergens Babesia divergens is an… … Wikipedia
Texas fever — Tex·as fever tek səs n an infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the cattle tick and caused by a sporozoan of the genus Babesia (B. bigemina) that multiplies in the blood and destroys red blood cells called also cattle tick fever, Texas… … Medical dictionary
Babesia argentina — an etiologic agent of bovine babesiosis in Central and South America and Australia; the vector is Boophilus microplus or sometimes Boophilus australis … Medical dictionary
Babesia bigemina — an etiologic agent of bovine babesiosis in Central and South America, the West Indies, and certain regions of Europe and Africa; it is transmitted by various ticks, especially Boophilus species … Medical dictionary
Babesia bovis — a species found in some of the same regions as B. bigemina; this is the major cause of bovine babesiosis in Europe and northern Asia. Ticks of genus Boophilus are usually the vectors, but in some areas Ixodes ticks are vectors … Medical dictionary
Babesia major — an etiologic agent of bovine babesiosis, transmitted by the tick Boophilus calcaratus, and occurring in North Africa, Europe, and the former Soviet Union … Medical dictionary
redwater — red·wa·ter (redґwaw tər) 1. bovine babesiosis. 2. bacillary hemoglobinuria … Medical dictionary
Babesia — Texas fever redirects here. For other uses, see Texas fever (disambiguation). Babesia[1][2] Scientific classification … Wikipedia
