Confirmation of occurrence of Babesia canis vogeli in domestic dogs in South Africa

P T Matjila; B L Penzhorn; C P J Bekker; A M Nijhof; F Jongejan

doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.03.019

Confirmation of occurrence of Babesia canis vogeli in domestic dogs in South Africa

P T Matjila^*
, B L Penzhorn
, C P J Bekker
, A M Nijhof
, F Jongejan

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The prevalence of Babesia infections in domestic dogs in South Africa was studied using reverse line blot hybridization and 18S sequence analysis. Babesia canis vogeli was confirmed for the first time in domestic dogs in South Africa. Out of a total of 297 blood samples collected from domestic dogs in Bloemfontein, East London, Johannesburg, Durban and from the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital, 31 were positive for Babesia canis rossi, whereas B. c. vogeli was detected in 13 dogs. None of the dogs carried both parasites. The detection of B. c. vogeli has implications with regard to prevalence and varied clinical manifestation of canine babesiosis in South Africa.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	119-25
Number of pages	7
Journal	Veterinary Parasitology
Volume	122
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.03.019
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Animals
Babesia/genetics
Babesiosis/epidemiology
DNA, Protozoan/chemistry
Dog Diseases/epidemiology
Dogs
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary
Prevalence
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/chemistry
South Africa/epidemiology

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Confirmation of occurrence of Babesia canis vogeli in domestic dogs in South Africa

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