23 24 A frozen-stored blood clot of a wild brown bear cub Ursus arctos yesoensis that had been 25 captured in Hokkaido, Japan was examined for piroplasma infection using polymerase chain 26 reaction (PCR). Two 18S ribosomal RNA gene (SSU rDNA) sequences were generated . One 27 1565-bp sequence showed the highest similarity with B. gibsoni (95.9% identity) but, 28 phylogenetically, was found to ...

This study was carried out to clarify the role of lymphocyte subpopulations and Babesia-specific antibody on the treatment of clindamycin in dogs infected with B. gibsoni. Ten beagle dogs were divided into two groups: an untreated group (5 dogs) and a clindamycin-treated group (5 dogs), which was administered clindamycin at 25 mg/ kg body weight, per os, q 12 hr from 7 days to 21 days post-infe...

During the years 2012-2014, a total of 158 outdoor dogs from Pančevo and Đurđevo (northern Serbia) and Niš and Prokuplje (southern Serbia) were submitted to molecular analyses (PCR and sequencing) for canine babesioses. An overall prevalence of 21.5% was found, due to the species Babesia sp. 'spanish dog' (10.1%), B. gibsoni (5.7%), B. canis vogeli (1.9%), B. caballi (1.9%), and B. microti (1.9...