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Published September 22, 2018 by ewlashni

New Babesia publication from Italian collaborators and Dr. Breitschwerdt

Distribution and risk factors associated with Babesia spp. infection in hunting dogs from Southern Italy

Authors: VincenzoVeneziano^a DiegoPiantedosi^a NicolaFerrari^b BenedettoNeola^c MarioSantoro^c LauraPacifico^a GiovanniSgroi^a NicolaD’Alessio^c TullioPanico^d Christian M.Leutenegger^e PhyllisTyrrell^e JesseBuch^e Edward B.Breitschwerdt^f RamaswamyChandrashekar^e

Highlights

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

A survey on Babesia infection in hunting dogs from Southern Italy was performed.

The seroprevalence for B. canis/B. vogeli was 14.0% and 0.2% for B. gibsoni.

B. canis and B. vogeli PCR prevalences were 0.15% and 1.1%, respectively.

Male gender, adult age, long hair coat and living area represented risk factors.

This canine population is mainly exposed to B. vogeli, but PCR positivity is low

Read the article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X17305836?via%3Dihub

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