Tick-borne Diseases in Syntopic Populations of Fallow Deer (Dama dama) and Axis Deer (Axis axis) in Northern Mexico

Authors

Zeferino García-Vázquez, CENID-PAVET, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Mexico
J. Alfonso Ortega-S., Texas A&M University
Antonio Cantu-Covarruvias, INIFAP, Sitio Experimental Aldama, Mexico
Juan Mosqueda, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico
David G. Hewitt, Texas A&M UniversityFollow
Randall W. DeYoung, Texas A&M UniversityFollow
Tyler A. Campbell, USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research CenterFollow
Fred C. Bryant, Texas A&M University

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2015

Citation

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 51(2), 2015, pp. 527–529

Abstract

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.