Babesia spp. are tick-transmitted protozoan haemoparasites of great economic, veterinary and medical impact worldwide. Herein we reported the very high prevalence of autochthonous babesiosis in symptomatic dogs from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period from 2014 to 2016. Eighty dogs that did not leave the country were examined using parasitological and molecular analyses and babesiosis was diagnosed in 82.5% and 85.0% of them, respectively (p < 0.001). One species, Babesia canis was identified using molecular methodology (PCR and sequence analysis). Statistical analyses showed that epizootiological characteristics have no influence on the possibility of infection. Agglomerative hierarchical clustering (AHC) analyses used for comparing the symptoms and clinical signs of infection in dogs pointed out that a high degree of anemia, followed by thrombocytopenia (89%), lethargy (100%), loss of appetite (95%), fever (66%) and icterus (61%) was dominant. In addition, results of the statistical analysis performed showed that more dogs with no data of tick prophylaxis (70%) were found Babesia infected. Those results point to further intensified epizootic surveys in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

First molecular detection of Babesia canis in dogs from Bosnia and Herzegovina / Ćoralić, Agnesa; Gabrielli, Simona; Zahirović, Amir; Stojanović, Nikola M; Milardi, Giovanni Luigi; Jažić, Adnan; Zuko, Almedina; Čamo, Denis; Otašević, Suzana. - In: TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES. - ISSN 1877-959X. - STAMPA. - 9:2(2018), pp. 363-368. [10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.11.013]

First molecular detection of Babesia canis in dogs from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gabrielli, Simona
Investigation
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Milardi, Giovanni Luigi
Investigation
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2018

Abstract

Babesia spp. are tick-transmitted protozoan haemoparasites of great economic, veterinary and medical impact worldwide. Herein we reported the very high prevalence of autochthonous babesiosis in symptomatic dogs from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period from 2014 to 2016. Eighty dogs that did not leave the country were examined using parasitological and molecular analyses and babesiosis was diagnosed in 82.5% and 85.0% of them, respectively (p < 0.001). One species, Babesia canis was identified using molecular methodology (PCR and sequence analysis). Statistical analyses showed that epizootiological characteristics have no influence on the possibility of infection. Agglomerative hierarchical clustering (AHC) analyses used for comparing the symptoms and clinical signs of infection in dogs pointed out that a high degree of anemia, followed by thrombocytopenia (89%), lethargy (100%), loss of appetite (95%), fever (66%) and icterus (61%) was dominant. In addition, results of the statistical analysis performed showed that more dogs with no data of tick prophylaxis (70%) were found Babesia infected. Those results point to further intensified epizootic surveys in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2018
babesiosis; dogs; pcr; prevalence
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First molecular detection of Babesia canis in dogs from Bosnia and Herzegovina / Ćoralić, Agnesa; Gabrielli, Simona; Zahirović, Amir; Stojanović, Nikola M; Milardi, Giovanni Luigi; Jažić, Adnan; Zuko, Almedina; Čamo, Denis; Otašević, Suzana. - In: TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES. - ISSN 1877-959X. - STAMPA. - 9:2(2018), pp. 363-368. [10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.11.013]
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