Babesia gibsoni infection in three dogs in Victoria

作者：CJ MUHLNICKEL, R JEFFERIES, UM MORGAN‐RYAN, Peter Irwin · 发表于：Australian Veterinary Journal · 年份：2002 · DOI：10.1111/j.1751-0813.2002.tb10961.x · 被引用次数：79 · 研究领域：Vector-borne infectious diseases、Vector-Borne Animal Diseases、Viral Infections and Vectors

Small intraerythrocytic parasites were observed in the blood of three related male American Pit Bull Terriers. Two of the dogs, both less than 1-year-old, were anaemic at the time of initial examination and the third, an adult and sire of the two younger dogs, had a normal haemogram and low parasitaemia. The morphological appearance of the erythrocyte inclusions, analysis of a 450-bp region of the 18S rRNA gene and antibody titres provided evidence that this parasite was Babesia gibsoni, a species not previously reported in Australia.