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Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 39:551-557 (2003)
© 2003 American Animal Hospital Association

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Serosurvey of AntiBabesia Antibodies in Stray Dogs and American Pit Bull Terriers and American Staffordshire Terriers From North Carolina

Adam J. Birkenheuer, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM, Michael G. Levy, PhD, Martha Stebbins, DVM, PhD, Matthew Poore, BS and Edward Breitschwerdt, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM

From the Departments of Clinical Sciences and Molecular Biologic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606.

Address all correspondence to Dr. Breitschwerdt.

Stray dogs (n=359) and kennel dogs (n=149) from North Carolina were tested for evidence of antiBabesia antibodies. AntiBabesia antibodies were detected in 21/359 and 22/149 of the stray and kennel dogs, respectively. A total of 57 dogs from both groups were tested for babesiasis by light microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Babesia deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was detected in 3/28 of the stray dogs and 14/29 of the kennel dogs. When Babesia DNA was detected by PCR, the species-specific PCR results differed from the Babesia species antibody titer results in 6/17 of the PCR-positive dogs. There was no association between antiBabesia antibodies and the presence of ticks. There are currently Babesia gibsoni epizootics affecting American pit bull terrier kennels.




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