Changing incidence of bovine babesiosis in Ireland

Annetta Zintl1, Guy McGrath1, Luke O’Grady1, June Fanning2, Kevin Downing3, Denise M. Roche4, Mícheál Casey2, Jeremy Gray5
1UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
2Department Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Backweston, Celbridge, Co Kildare, Ireland
3Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland
4Growth from Knowledge, GfK Kynetec Ltd, 2 Weston court, Weston, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 8JE, UK
5School of Biology and Environmental Science (Emeritus Professor), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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