Adachi K, Tateishi M, Horii Y, Nagatomo H, Shimizu T, Makimura S
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, Japan.
J Vet Med Sci. 1994 Aug;56(4):757-9. doi: 10.1292/jvms.56.757.
Erythrocyte (RBC)-bound IgG values (IgG concentration, ng/ml) were examined in 8 Babesia gibsoni-infected and 10 healthy dogs by a competitive enzyme immunoassay. Five dogs with clinical B. gibsoni infection, manifesting severe anemia, were observed to have increased RBC-bound IgG values compared to dogs with subclinical B. gibsoni infection and healthy controls, this suggesting that anemia in B. gibsoni infection may be explained in part on the basis of a humoral immunologic mechanism.
