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Babesia canis is a parasite that infects red blood cells and can lead to anemia. [1] This is a species that falls under the overarching genus Babesia . It is transmitted by the brown dog tick ( Rhipicephalus sanguineus ) and is one of the most common piroplasm infections. [ 2 ]
The two species of the genus Babesia that affect dogs are B. canis and B. gibsoni. Babesiosis can cause hemolytic anemia in dogs. [29] Neosporosis* is caused by Neospora caninum [30] Protothecosis in dogs is caused by a mutant form of green algae and is usually disseminated. Symptoms include weight loss, uveitis, retinal detachment, and anal ...
Veterinary treatment of babesiosis does not normally use antibiotics. In livestock and animals, diminazen (Berenil), imidocarb, or trypan blue would be the drugs of choice for treatment of B. canis rossi (dogs in Africa), B. bovis, and B. bigemina (cattle in Southern Africa). In acute cases in cattle, a blood transfusion may be carried out.
Gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV), also known as gastric dilation, twisted stomach, or gastric torsion, is a medical condition that affects dogs and rarely cats and guinea pigs, [1] in which the stomach becomes overstretched and rotated by excessive gas content. The condition also involves compression of the diaphragm and caudal vena cavae.
Babesia, [3] [4] also called Nuttallia, [5] is an apicomplexan parasite that infects red blood cells and is transmitted by ticks. Originally discovered by Romanian bacteriologist Victor Babeș in 1888; over 100 species of Babesia have since been identified.
Biliary fever is an illness of the liver affecting horses, [1] dogs [2] and cats. [3] This is currently the most common infectious disease of dogs in Southern Africa. It is also known as tick bite fever or "Bosluiskoors" in Afrikaans. It is caused by a tiny parasite (Babesia canis) which is introduced into the body by a tick bite.
Laparoscopic surgery is possible in some cases, and as of 2003, was a "novel approach to treating watermelon stomach". [26] A treatment used sometimes is endoscopic band ligation. [27] In 2010, a team of Japanese surgeons performed a "novel endoscopic ablation of gastric antral vascular ectasia". [10]
Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog' is an unclassified species of Babesia, identified from a 18S ribosomal gene partial sequence [1] performed in the investigation of dog piroplasms. [ 2 ] Unlike the other piroplasms investigated, the piroplasm is "in a distinct phylogenetic clade , closely related to babesial isolates from wildlife and humans ...