FIRST REPORT OF BABESIA-DIVERGENS IN TUNISIA

Authors
BOUATTOUR A DARGHOUTH MA
Citation
A. Bouattour et Ma. Darghouth, FIRST REPORT OF BABESIA-DIVERGENS IN TUNISIA, Veterinary parasitology, 63(1-2), 1996, pp. 161-165
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Veterinary parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03044017
Volume
63
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
161 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-4017(1996)63:1-2<161:FROBIT>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Babesia divergens of bovine origin was isolated, for the first time in Tunisia, from a cow of a local breed (Bos taurus) from a locality in the north-west of the country. Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) were us ed for the isolation of the parasite which was inoculated into a splen ectomised Friesian calf that developed a babesiosis, thus confirming t he presence of the parasite.