Species Babesia gibsoni Patton, 1910

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• Babesia gibsoni Patton, W. S. 1910. Rapport preliminaire sur un nouveau piroplasme, P. gibsoni nov. sp. trouvé dans le sang du chien de Madras et du chacal Canis aureus. Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique 3: 274-280.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog (blood (+ PCR), antibodies (IFAT), (+ exptl))).

Associated Fauna References

Jefferies, R., Ryan, U.M., Muhlnickel, C.J. & Irwin, P.J. 2003. Two species of canine Babesia in Australia: detection and characterization by PCR. Journal of Parasitology 89: 409-412 (Canis familiaris)

Jeffries, R., Ryan, U.M., Jardine, J., Broughton, D.K., Robertson, I.D. & Irwin, P.J. 2007. Blood, bull terriers and babesiosis: further evidence for direct transmission of Babesia gibsoni in dogs. Australian Veterinary Journal 85: 459-463 (Canis familiaris)

Jeffries, R., Ryan, U.M., Jardine, J., Robertson, I.D. & Irwin, P.J. 2007. Babesia gibsoni: detection during experimental infections and after combined atovaquone and azithromycin therapy. Experimental Parasitology 117: 115-123 (Canis familiaris)

Jeffries, R., Ryan, U.M. & Irwin, P.J. 2007. PCR-RFLP for the detection and differentiation of the canine piroplasm species and its use with filter paper-based technologies. Veterinary Microbiology 144: 20-27 (Canis familiaris)

Muhlnickel, C.J., Jefferies, R., Morgan-Ryan, U.M. & Irwin, P.J. 2002. Babesia gibsoni infection in three dogs in Victoria. Australian Veterinary Journal 80: 606-610 (Canis familiaris)

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