Bibliography for Babesia bigemina (Smith & Kilbourne, 1893)

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• Bock, R.E., Kingston, T.G. & de Vos, A.J. 1999. Effect of breed of cattle on transmission rate and innate resistance to infection with Babesia bovis and B. bigemina transmitted by Boophilus microplus. Australian Veterinary Journal 77: 461-464
• Bock, R.E. & de Vos, A.J. 2001. Immunity following use of Australian tick fever vaccine: a review of the evidence. Australian Veterinary Journal 79: 832-839
• Callow, L.L. 1964. Strain immunity in babesiosis. Nature 204: 1213-1214
• Callow, L.L. 1965. Babesia bigemina in ticks grown on non-bovine hosts and its transmission to these hosts. Parasitology 55: 375-381
• Callow, L.L. 1967. Sterile immunity, coinfectious immunity and strain differences in Babesia bigemina infections. Parasitology 57: 455-465
• Callow, L.L. 1968. The infection of Boophilus microplus with Babesia bigemina. Parasitology 58: 663-670
• Callow, L.L. 1979. Some aspects of the epidemiology and control of bovine babesiosis in Australia. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 50: 353-356
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• Callow, L.L., McGregor, W., Parker, R.J. & Dalgliesh, R.J. 1974. Immunity of cattle to Babesia bigemina following its elimination from the host, with observations on antibody levels detected by the indirect fluorescent antibody test. Australian Veterinary Journal 50: 12-15
• Callow, L.L., Parker, R.J., Rodwell, B.J. & Ottley, M.L. 1976. Piroplasmosis in buffaloes and its serological diagnosis based on a homology between buffalo and bovine immunoglobulins. Australian Veterinary Journal 52: 40-41
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• Callow, L.L. & McGregor, W. 1970. The effect of imidocarb against Babesia argentina and Babesia bigemina infections in cattle. Australian Veterinary Journal 46: 195-200
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• Curnow, J.A. 1973. The use of a slide agglutination test to demonstrate antigenic differences between Babesia bigemina parasites. Australian Veterinary Journal 49: 290-293
• Dalgliesh, R.J. 1971. Dimethyl sulphoxide in the low-temperature preservation of Babesia bigemina. Research in Veterinary Science 12: 469-471
• Dalgliesh, R.J. 1972. Effects of low temperature preservation and route of inoculation on infectivity of Babesia bigemina in blood diluted with glycerol. Research in Veterinary Science 13: 540-545
• Dalgliesh, R.J., Callow, L.L., Mellors, L.T. & McGregor, W. 1981. Development of a highly infective Babesia bigemina vaccine of reduced virulence. Australian Veterinary Journal 57: 8-11
• Dalgliesh, R.J., Jorgensen, W.K. & DeVos, A.J. 1990. Australian frozen vaccines for the control of babesiosis and anaplasmosis in cattle - a review. Tropical Animal Health and Production 22: 44-52
• Dalgliesh, R.J., Stewart, N.P. & Callow, L.L. 1978. Transmission of Babesia bigemina by transfer of adult male Boophilus microplus. Australian Veterinary Journal 54: 205-206
• Dalgliesh, R.J., Stewart, N.P. & Rodwell, B.J. 1981. Increased numbers of strahlenkorper in Boophilus microplus ticks ingesting a blood-passaged strain of Babesia bigemina. Research in Veterinary Science 31: 350-352
• Dalgliesh, R.J. & Mellors, L.T. 1974. Survival of the parasitic protozoan, Babesia bigemina, in blood cooled at widely different rates to -196°C. International Journal for Parasitology 4: 169-172
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• Goodger, B.V. 1973. Further studies of haemagglutinating antigens of Babesia bigemina. Australian Veterinary Journal 49: 81-84
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• Jorgensen, W.K., Bock, R.E., Kingston, T.G., DeVos, A.J. & Waldron, S.J. 1993. Assessment of tetracycline and Babesia culture supernatant as prophylactics for moderating reactions in cattle to live Babesia and Anaplasma vaccines. Australian Veterinary Journal 70: 35-36
• Jorgensen, W.K., DeVos, A.J. & Dalgliesh, R.J. 1989. Comparison of immunogenicity and virulence between Babesia bigemina parasites from continuous culture and from a splenectomised calf. Australian Veterinary Journal 66: 371-372
• Jorgensen, W.K., Waldrom, S.J., McGrath, J., Roman, R.J., de Vos, A.J. & Williams, K.E. 1992. Growth of Babesia bigemina parasites in suspension cultures for vaccine production. Parasitology Research 78: 423-426
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• Legg, J. 1926. Can the catte tick Haemaphysalis bispinosa act as the carrier of piroplasmosis (Piroplasma bigeminum)? An experimental enquiry. Australian Journal of Experimantal Biology and Medical Science 3: 203-216
• Legg, J. 1928. Some notes on babesiosis (Babesia bigeminum) of cattle. Australian Veterinary Journal 4: 98-103
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