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Babesia gibsoni infection in three dogs in Victoria
Author(s) -
MUHLNICKEL CJ,
JEFFERIES R,
MORGANRYAN UM,
IRWIN PJ
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2002.tb10961.x
Subject(s) - 18s ribosomal rna , parasite hosting , biology , babesia , sire , blood smear , veterinary medicine , virology , antibody , zoology , immunology , ribosomal rna , gene , medicine , malaria , genetics , world wide web , computer science
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 para‐sitaemia. 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.