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Nilgai Antelope In Northern Mexico As A Possible Carrier For Cattle Fever Ticks And Babesia Bovis And Babesia Bigemina.

  • E M Cardenas-Canales
  • , J. Alfonso Ortega-Santos
  • , Tyler A. Campbell
  • , Zeferino Garcia-Vaquez
  • , Antonio Cantu-Covarrubias
  • , Julio V. Figueroa-Millian
  • , Randy W. DeYoung
  • , David G. Hewitt
  • , Fred C. Bryant
  • Texas A&M University–Kingsville, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
  • USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center
  • Centro Nacional de Investigacio´n Disciplinaria en Parasitologı´a Veterinaria (CENID PAVET), INIFAP, Jiutepec, MorelosC.P. 62550, Mexico
  • Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrı´colas y Pecuarias, Sitio Experimental

Research output: Other contribution

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.

Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - Jan 1 2011
Externally publishedYes

Disciplines

  • Environmental Sciences
  • Life Sciences

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