Experimental infection of splenectomized Didelphis marsupialis with Babesia bovis; Babesia bigemina and Anaplasma marginale

Authors

  • Maria das Graças de Souza Paiva
  • Eunice Leonora Chaplin
  • Neusa Saltiel Stobbe
  • Flávio Antônio Pacheco de Araujo "Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Veterinária, Departamento de Patologia e Clínica Veterinária.
  • Nilton Rogério Santos da Silva "Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Veterinária, Departamento de Patologia e Clínica Veterinária.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1992.v27.3619

Keywords:

babesiosis, anaplasmosis, opossum

Abstract

The opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) behavior was satisfactory at the laboratory condictions. The animals were susceptible to the agents of cattle tick fever disease. They were infected subcutaneously with fresh blood of cattle parasitized with 0,037% of Babesia bovis and 19% of Anaplasma marginale. The clinical symptoms observed were limited to the anemia and the increase of temperature. The parasitaemia and increase of temperature were intermittent from 10th to 45th days after the inoculation.

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Published

1992-01-01

How to Cite

Paiva, M. das G. de S., Chaplin, E. L., Stobbe, N. S., de Araujo, F. A. P., & da Silva, N. R. S. (1992). Experimental infection of splenectomized <i>Didelphis marsupialis</i> with <i>Babesia bovis</i>; <i>Babesia bigemina</i> and <i>Anaplasma marginale</i>. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 27(1), 61–64. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1992.v27.3619

Issue

v.27, n.1, jan. 1992

Section

VETERINARY SCIENCE