Tick-borne Diseases in Syntopic Populations of Fallow Deer (Dama dama) and Axis Deer (Axis axis) in Northern Mexico
Author(s) -
Zeferino García-Vázquez,
J. Alfonso OrtegaS.,
Antonio Cantu-Covarruvias,
Juan Mosqueda,
David G. Hewitt,
Randall W. DeYoung,
Tyler A. Campbell,
Fred C. Bryant
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of wildlife diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.613
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1943-3700
pISSN - 0090-3558
DOI - 10.7589/2014-07-183
Subject(s) - biology , babesia bigemina , babesia bovis , veterinary medicine , babesiosis , virology , medicine
We harvested 21 fallow deer (Dama dama) and 17 axis deer (Axis axis) in northern Mexico. Two fallow deer were positive for Babesia bigemina and one for Babesia bovis. Amplicons had the expected 170 and 291 base pairs and were identical to B. bigemina (S45366) and B. bovis (M38218), respectively.
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