Breed and Sex Risk Factors for Canine Babesiosis in South Africa
Canine babesiosis is a tick‐borne parasitic disease affecting dogs. Babesia rossi, the etiologic agent of most cases of virulent babesiosis in South Africa, produces acute disease in susceptible individuals.1 Severe complications may arise after infection, including immune‐mediated hemolytic anemia, acute renal ailure, pulmonary edema, and pancreatitis. In addition, if it was clearly established that certain breeds of dogs had either lower or higher risk of babesiosis, this information could be used to develop an experimental approach that would allow the environmental and genetic factors involved in the development of babesiosis to be studied. The main aim of the present study was to identify potential breed or sex associations with increased or decreased risk of babesiosis in a large population of dogs from Pretoria, South Africa.
• Pages : 4
• Publisher : Wiley - Blackwell Verlag GmbH
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• Year : 2011 August
• Language : English