Title: Detection of a<i>Babesia</i>Species in a Bobcat from Georgia
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.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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