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.
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1 April 2015
Tick-borne Diseases in Syntopic Populations of Fallow Deer (Dama dama) and Axis Deer (Axis axis) in Northern Mexico
Zeferino García-Vázquez,
J. Alfonso Ortega-S.,
Antonio Cantu-Covarruvias,
Juan Mosqueda,
David G. Hewitt,
Randall W. DeYoung,
Tyler A. Campbell,
Fred C. Bryant
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 51 • No. 2
April 2015
Vol. 51 • No. 2
April 2015