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Investigations into the nature, causation and prevention of Texas or Southern cattle fever.
Publication Details
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1893 CE.
U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry, Bulletin No. 1. Discovery of the parasite of Texas cattle fever, Pyrosoma bigeminum, and proof that its transmission is due to the cattle tick, Boöphilus bovis. This was the first demonstration of arthropod transmission of disease. Pyrosoma bigeminum is now known as Babesia bigemina, and Boöphilus bovis as B. annulatus.
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| Entry Number | #5529 |
| Permanent Link | https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/6646 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | investigations-into-the-nature-causation-and-prevention-of-texas-or-southern-cattle-fever |
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Publication place: Washington, DC