Emergence of Babesia conradae infection in coyote-hunting Greyhounds in Oklahoma, USA.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Babesia species are intraerythrocytic Apicomplexan parasites that infect a wide range of vertebrate hosts. These pathogens are typically transmitted either by tick vectors or by direct blood-to-blood contact, and may cause life-threatening clinical disease, such as thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia and acute renal failure, in canine hosts. While Babesia vogeli and Babesia gibsoni infections have both been reported in Oklahoma, reports of Babesia conradae infections have been limited to California.

Methods

Four separate kennels of coyote-hunting dogs were identified in Oklahoma after the kennels had consulted with Oklahoma State University Boren Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (antemortem cases) or the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab (postmortem cases)

SUBMITTER: Stayton E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8364010 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature