Occurrence of Babesia felis and Babesia leo in various wild felid species and domestic cats in Southern Africa, based on reverse line blot analysis

Bosman, Anna-Mari; Venter, Estelle Hildegard; Penzhorn, Barend Louis

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dc.contributor.author	Bosman, Anna-Mari
dc.contributor.author	Venter, Estelle Hildegard
dc.contributor.author	Penzhorn, Barend Louis
dc.date.accessioned	2007-07-24T06:56:03Z
dc.date.available	2007-07-24T06:56:03Z
dc.date.issued	2007-03-15
dc.description.abstract	Reverse line blot (RLB) is a hybridization assay that can be used to detect various blood parasites and differentiate between them. Results, using the RLB, showed that Babesia felis and Babesia leo occurred as single or mixed infections in various felid species, but most frequently in domestic cats and lions, respectively. Prevalence of infection in free-ranging cheetahs in Namibia was low (7, 5%), whereas 50% of free-ranging lions in South Africa and Swaziland were infected. A large number (52, 9%) of samples tested positive only for Babesia, neither B. felis nor B. leo. This could be an indication of at least one further, as yet undescribed, Babesia species in felids.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Mrs. Gerty Pretorius (Clinical Pathology Section, Department of Companion Animal Clinical Studies), and Prof. Moritz van Vuuren (Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases) submitted blood specimens. This report emanates from project 36-5-613 which was approved by the Research Committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Science and the Animal Use and Care Committee of the University of Pretoria.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Bosman, A-M, Venter, EH & Penzhorn, BL 2007, ‘Occurrence of Babesia felis and Babesia leo in various wild felid species and domestic cats in Southern Africa, based on reverse line blot analysis’, Veterinary Parasitology, vol. 144, no. 1-2, pp. 33-38.[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03044017]	en
dc.identifier.issn	0304-4017
dc.identifier.other	10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.09.0 25
dc.identifier.other	7003904650
dc.identifier.other	35609781000
dc.identifier.other	J-7222-2013
dc.identifier.other	O-6953-2014
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/3109
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en
dc.rights	Elsevier	en
dc.subject	Babesia felis	en
dc.subject	Babesia leo	en
dc.subject	Reverse line blot (RLB)	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Babesiosis	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Felidae	en
dc.title	Occurrence of Babesia felis and Babesia leo in various wild felid species and domestic cats in Southern Africa, based on reverse line blot analysis	en
dc.type	Postprint Article	en