Detection of Babesia caballi and Babesia equi in field horses using the smear of a drop of blood clot technique

Authors

  • Neusa Saltiél Stobbe
  • Nilton Rogério Santos da Silva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Veterinária, Departamento de Patologia e Clínica Veterinária.
  • Eunice Leonora Chaplin
  • Flávio Antônio Pacheco de Araujo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Veterinária, Departamento de Patologia e Clínica Veterinária.
  • Araquém Telles
  • Mauro Vargas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1991.v26.3377

Keywords:

diseases, parasits, symptoms, haemoprotozoa, laboratorial diagnosis

Abstract

This work reports the occurrence of Babesia caballi and Babesia equi in 9 of 14 horses. The technique utilized was the smear of a drop of blood clot. The parasitaemia was not related to the clinical signs in equine babesiosis. The current use of this technique in the laboratorial diagnosis of equine's haemoprotozoa is here discussed.

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Published

1991-04-01

How to Cite

Stobbe, N. S., Silva, N. R. S. da, Chaplin, E. L., Araujo, F. A. P. de, Telles, A., & Vargas, M. (1991). Detection of <i>Babesia caballi</i> and <i>Babesia equi</i> in field horses using the smear of a drop of blood clot technique. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 26(4), 565–567. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1991.v26.3377

Issue

v.26, n.4, abr. 1991

Section

VETERINARY SCIENCE