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Babesia gibsoni infection in three dogs in Victoria
C J Muhlnickel1, R Jefferies, U M Morgan-Ryan
1IDEXX Laboratories Melbourne, Unit 124/45 Gilby Rd, Mt Waverley Vic. 3149.
Abstract:
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.
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