Muhlnickel C J, Jefferies R, Morgan-Ryan U M, Irwin P J
IDEXX Laboratories Melbourne, Unit 124/45 Gilby Rd, Mt Waverley Vic. 3149.
Aust Vet J. 2002 Oct;80(10):606-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2002.tb10961.x.
Small intraerythrocytic parasites were observed in the blood of three related male American Pit Bull Terriers. Two of the dogs, both less than 1-year-old, were anaemic at the time of initial examination and the third, an adult and sire of the two younger dogs, had a normal haemogram and low parasitaemia. The morphological appearance of the erythrocyte inclusions, analysis of a 450-bp region of the 18S rRNA gene and antibody titres provided evidence that this parasite was Babesia gibsoni, a species not previously reported in Australia.
在三只相关的雄性美国比特斗牛梗犬的血液中观察到小型红细胞内寄生虫。其中两只狗均不到1岁，初次检查时贫血，第三只狗是成年犬且为另外两只幼犬的父亲，其血常规正常但寄生虫血症水平较低。红细胞内包涵体的形态外观、18S rRNA基因450bp区域的分析以及抗体滴度均提供了证据，表明这种寄生虫是吉氏巴贝斯虫，这是一种此前在澳大利亚未曾报道过的物种。
