"Nilgai Antelope In Northern Mexico As A Possible Carrier For Cattle Fe" by E M. Cardenas-Canales, J. Alfonso Ortega-Santos et al.

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2011

Comments

Published in Journal of Wildlife Diseases (2011) 47:777-779.

Abstract

Of 20 blood samples from nilgais from Me´ xico, five were polymerase chain reaction-positive for Babesia bigemina and one for Babesia bovis. Positive samples had the expected 170 (B. bigemina) and 291 (B. bovis) base pairs and were identical to Gen-Bank B. bigemina accession S45366 and B. bovis M38218.

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