García-Vázquez Zeferino, Ortega-S J Alfonso, Cantu-Covarruvias Antonio, Mosqueda Juan, Hewitt David G, DeYoung Randall W, Campbell Tyler A, Bryant Fred C
1 Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Parasitología Veterinaria (CENID-PAVET), Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Carr. Fed. Cuernavaca-Cuautla, N° 8534 Col. Progreso, Jiutepec, Morelos, C.P. 62550, México.
J Wildl Dis. 2015 Apr;51(2):527-9. doi: 10.7589/2014-07-183. Epub 2015 Feb 3.
We harvested 21 fallow deer (Dama dama) and 17 axis deer (Axis axis) in northern Mexico. Two fallow deer were positive for Babesia bigemina and one for Babesia bovis. Amplicons had the expected 170 and 291 base pairs and were identical to B. bigemina (S45366) and B. bovis (M38218), respectively.