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Detection of Babesia conradae in Coyotes (Canis latrans) and Coyote-Hunting Greyhound Dogs (Canis familiaris)

Pathogens, 2023
Babesia conradae is a small piroplasm previously detected in coyote-hunting Greyhound dogs in California and Oklahoma. In dogs, B. conradae causes clinical signs similar to other tick-borne illnesses, and if not treated it can lead to acute kidney injury
Haley Furman, Ruth C. Scimeca
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Piroplasm Infection in Domestic Cats in the Mountainous Region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pathogens, 2022
Piroplasm infections in domestic cats have been reported with increasing frequency in numerous countries. However, in some states of Brazil, little information is available about the occurrence of these parasites.
João Pedro Palmer, Gilberto Gazêta, Marcos André, Aline Coelho, Laís Corrêa, José Damasceno, Carolina Israel, Rafael Pereira, Alynne Barbosa   +8 more
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Detection of bacterial and protozoan pathogens in individual bats and their ectoparasites using high-throughput microfluidic real-time PCR

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Among the most studied mammals in terms of their role in the spread of various pathogens with possible zoonotic effects are bats. These are animals with a very complex lifestyle, diet, and behavior.
Alexandra Corduneanu, Zbigniew Zając, Joanna Kulisz, Aneta Wozniak, Angélique Foucault-Simonin, Sara Moutailler, Alejandra Wu-Chuang, Áron Peter, Attila D. Sándor, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz   +9 more
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Multiple piroplasm parasites (Apicomplexa: Piroplasmida) in northeastern populations of the invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Ixodida: Ixodidae), in the United States

Parasitology, 2023
Piroplasms, which include the agents of cattle fever and human and dog babesiosis, are a diverse group of blood parasites of significant veterinary and medical importance.
Heidi Herb, Julia González, Francisco C. Ferreira, Dina M. Fonseca   +3 more
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Tick Fauna and Associated Rickettsia, Theileria, and Babesia spp. in Domestic Animals in Sudan (North Kordofan and Kassala States)

Microorganisms, 2020
Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) have a major economic impact on animal production worldwide. In the present study, 2410 ticks were collected from January to August 2017 from livestock and other domestic animals in North Kordofan and Kassala, Sudan ...
Andrea Springer, Yassir Adam Shuaib, Makarim Habib Isaa, Malaz Isam-Eldin Ezz-Eldin, Abdinasir Yusuf Osman, Idris Ahmed Yagoub, Mohamed Abdalsalam Abdalla, Amel Omer Bakiet, Saad El-Tiab Mohmed-Noor, Sabine Schaper, Ramona Rieß, Gerhard Dobler, Christina Strube, Deon K. Bakkes, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler   +14 more
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Piroplasms in farmed American bison, Bison bison from Romania

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
The American bison (Bison bison) is the largest terrestrial mammal of North America, with around 350,000 individuals in the wild and in private herds but the knowledge regarding the presence of different vector-borne pathigens in these mammals is very ...
Alexandra Corduneanu, Marian Taulescu, Marian Taulescu, Teodor Dan Ursache, Angela Monica Ionică, Andrei Daniel Mihalca, Andrei Daniel Mihalca   +6 more
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Babesia and Theileria Identification in Adult Ixodid Ticks from Tapada Nature Reserve, Portugal

Pathogens, 2022
This study, conducted in a nature reserve in southern Portugal, investigated the frequency and diversity of tick-borne piroplasms in six species of adult ixodid ticks removed from 71 fallow deer (Dama dama) and 12 red deer (Cervus elaphus), collected ...
Nélida Fernández, Belen Revuelta, Irene Aguilar, Jorge Francisco Soares, Annetta Zintl, Jeremy Gray, Estrella Montero, Luis Miguel Gonzalez   +7 more
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Comparison of diagnostic methods to detect piroplasms in asymptomatic cattle.

, 2012
This study was carried out to compare different diagnostic techniques to reveal the presence of piroplasms in asymptomatic cattle kept at pasture. Nineteen blood samples were collected from animals of two different areas of Emilia Romagna Region of Italy
CASSINI, RUDI, Tampieri MP, Aureli S, Galuppi R, Bonoli C, Foley JE, MARCER, FEDERICA   +6 more
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Detection and molecular characterization of piroplasms species from naturally infected dogs in southeast Brazil Detecção e caracterização molecular de piroplasmas em cães naturalmente infectados no Sudeste do Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2012
Rangelia vitalii is a protozoon described from dogs in the south and southeast regions of Brazil. It is phylogenetically related to Babesia spp. that infects dogs, but data on this enigmatic parasite is still limited.
Tatiana Didonet Lemos, Aloysio de Mello Figueiredo Cerqueira, Helena Keiko Toma, Adrianna Vieira da Silva, Rafael Gomes Bartolomeu Corrêa, Giane Regina Paludo, Carlos Luiz Massard, Nádia Regina Pereira Almosny   +7 more
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Molecular detection reveals diverse tick-borne bacterial and protozoan pathogens in two tick species from Yingshan County of Hubei Province, China in 2021–2022

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
In this study, a total of 179 ticks infesting ruminant livestock, including 166 Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks and 13 Rhipicephalus microplus ticks were collected from Yingshan county of Hubei province, China in 2021–2022.
Na Zhao, Kai Pan, Zhongqiu Teng, Hongliang Wang, Xue Zhang, Hongyu Ren, Lei Yi, Jia He, Kun Cai, Tian Qin   +9 more
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