Journal
VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
Volume 157, Issue 1-2, Pages 123-127Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.07.016
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African wild dog; Babesia rossi; Hepatozoon; Lycaon pictus; RLB; South Africa
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- Thuthuka NRF fund
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, and the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria [95401]
- [V042/05]
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Blood specimens from wild dogs (n = 301) were obtained from De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre (Pretoria) and five game reserves (4 in the North-West Province and 1 in Limpopo Province), South Africa. Specimens were screened for Babesia, Theileria, Hepatozoon and EhrlichialAnaplasma species using PCR and Reverse Line Blot (RLB) assays. Positive results were obtained in 18 (6%) wild dogs. Sixteen specimens were found positive for Babesia rossi and two dogs were Hepatozoon sp. positive. It appears that these tick-borne pathogens are not widely distributed in wild dog populations. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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