Background: R. vitalii causes a remerging tick-borne disease known as rangeliosis. The parasite is not always identifiable in blood smears, especially in the chronic phase of the disease. Low parasitemia levels have been observed in cases of rangeliosis caused by natural infection, even in acute situations, while hyperparasitemia has been reported only in acute experimental infection. This pape...

Резюме. Кліщі видів Dermacentor reticulatus і Dermacentor. marginatus є одними із масових у Європі в Україні. Ці види мають дещо схожі ареали, але перший вид частіше зустрічається більш північніше, а інший південніше лісостеповій зоні Євразії. Мета дослідження. Дослідити поширення, біологію живлення та епідеміологічний стан кліщів роду Koch західних, частині центральних північних областей Украї...

BACKGROUND Tick-borne haemoparasites Babesia vogeli and Anaplasma platys are common among the free-roaming canine populations associated with Aboriginal communities in Australia, whilst the prevalence of haemoplasmas, which are also suspected to be tick-borne, remained unexplored. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of haemoplasma infection in these populations, and to identif...

Babesia are tick-borne parasites that are increasingly considered as a threat to animal and public health. We aimed to assess the role of European free-ranging wild ruminants as maintenance mammalian hosts for Babesia species and to determine risk factors for infection. EDTA blood was collected from 222 roe deer (Capreolus c. capreolus), 231 red deer (Cervus e. elaphus), 267 Alpine chamois (Rup...

BACKGROUND Canine babesiosis is caused by species of the Babesia genus and has become an emerging disease worldwide. To the authors' knowledge there are no reports in which antioxidants have been analyzed in different presentations of canine babesiosis or in which the prognostic value of antioxidants has been studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether oxidative stress could be relat...