Detection of a Babesia Species in a Bobcat from Georgia

Barbara C. Shock; J. Mitchell Lockhart; Adam J. Birkenheuer; Michael J. Yabsley

doi:10.1656/058.012.0120

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Barbara C. Shock,^1,2,* J. Mitchell Lockhart,³ Adam J. Birkenheuer,⁴ Michael J. Yabsley^1,2

¹1Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, 586 D.W. Brooks Drive, Wildlife Health Building, C
²2Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, 180 E Green Street, University of Georgia, Athens
³3Biology Department, Valdosta State University, 1500 N Patterson, Department of Biology, Room 2035,
⁴4NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606.

^*Corresponding author - barbarashock@gmail.com.

Abstract

We describe the first detection of a Babesia sp. in a Lynx rufus (Bobcat). The Bobcat was from Georgia and was coinfected with Cytauxzoon felis and a Sarcocystis sp. The Babesia species was closely related to Babesia sp. “Coco”, a parasite previously only detected in Canis familiaris (Domestic Dog). The only other Babesia sp. in North America that infects felids is a novel Babesia species in Puma concolor coryi (Florida Puma). The low prevalence of this Babesia (<1%) in Bobcats suggests that they are not the normal host or reservoir and this may have been an incidental infection.

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Barbara C. Shock, J. Mitchell Lockhart, Adam J. Birkenheuer, and Michael J. Yabsley "Detection of a Babesia Species in a Bobcat from Georgia," Southeastern Naturalist 12(1), 243-247, (1 March 2013). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.012.0120

Published: 1 March 2013

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