Tick-borne diseases in syntopic populations of fallow deer (Dama dama) and axis deer (Axis axis) in northern Mexico

Zeferino García-Vázquez; J Alfonso Ortega-S; Antonio Cantu-Covarruvias; Juan Mosqueda; David G Hewitt; Randall W DeYoung; Tyler A Campbell; Fred C Bryant

doi:10.7589/2014-07-183

Tick-borne diseases in syntopic populations of fallow deer (Dama dama) and axis deer (Axis axis) in northern Mexico

J Wildl Dis. 2015 Apr;51(2):527-9. doi: 10.7589/2014-07-183. Epub 2015 Feb 3.

Authors

Zeferino García-Vázquez¹, J Alfonso Ortega-S, Antonio Cantu-Covarruvias, Juan Mosqueda, David G Hewitt, Randall W DeYoung, Tyler A Campbell, Fred C Bryant

Affiliation

¹ 1 Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Parasitología Veterinaria (CENID-PAVET), Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Carr. Fed. Cuernavaca-Cuautla, N° 8534 Col. Progreso, Jiutepec, Morelos, C.P. 62550, México.

PMID: 25647599
DOI: 10.7589/2014-07-183

Abstract

We harvested 21 fallow deer (Dama dama) and 17 axis deer (Axis axis) in northern Mexico. Two fallow deer were positive for Babesia bigemina and one for Babesia bovis. Amplicons had the expected 170 and 291 base pairs and were identical to B. bigemina (S45366) and B. bovis (M38218), respectively.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Babesiosis / epidemiology
Babesiosis / parasitology*
Deer*
Female
Male
Mexico / epidemiology
Species Specificity