Studies of parasite infection involving animal hosts other than humans have contributed significantly to our understanding of the disease process, including possible pathogenic mechanisms of parasites and immunological responses of the hosts. In dogs, it was traditionally assumed that the only Babesia species causing disease were Babesia canis and Babesia gibsoni, but recently published reports...

Background: Babesia is blood-tissue parasite, which are transmitted by hard ticks from Ixodidae family. The parasite is the cause of Babesiosis among ruminants. Babesia is as one of main fatal factors among livestock in endemic regions such as Iran. The aim of this study was to investigate Babesia spp infection using microscopic and molecular methods among small ruminants in Mazandaran and Gole...

A recent taxonomic revision of wandering albatross elevated each of the four subspecies to species. We used mitochondrial DNA and nine microsatellite markers to study the phylogenetic relationships of three species (Diomedea antipodensis, D. exulans and D. gibsoni) in the wandering albatross complex. A small number of samples from a fourth species, D. dabbenena, were analysed using mitochondria...

Studies of parasite infection involving animal hosts other than humans have contributed significantly to our understanding of the disease process, including possible pathogenic mechanisms of parasites and immunological responses of the hosts. In dogs, it was traditionally assumed that the only Babesia species causing disease were Babesia canis and Babesia gibsoni, but recently published reports...