Rangelia vitalii is a piroplasmid that causes canine rangeliosis, a severe hemorrhagic disease of domestic dogs in South America. We report about R. vitalii infecting a pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus). The fox, which developed a fatal illness, was also infected by Hepatozoon canis and Capillaria hepatica.
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1 July 2015
Natural Infection of the Wild Canid Lycalopex gymnocercus by the Protozoan Rangelia vitalii, the Agent of Canine Rangeliosis
Rosiléia Marinho de Quadros,
João Fábio Soares,
Juliane Scharlau Xavier,
Celso Pilati,
Jocelim Lotário da Costa,
Bruno Alonso Miotto,
Luiz Claudio Miletti,
Marcelo B. Labruna
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 51 • No. 3
July 2015
Vol. 51 • No. 3
July 2015