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