Light and Electron Microscopic Study on Developmental Stages of Babesia canis within the Gut of the Tick Dermacentor reticulatus

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The initial developmental stages of B. canis within the gut of the vector tick, D. reticulatus, were studied by means of light microscopy and EM. Large quantities of varying spiky-rayed stages and a few ovoid stages without any protrusions were observed after lysis of the engorged canine erythrocytes. The transformation of spherical erythrocytic stages into spiky-rayed forms was initiated inside the intact erythrocytes. The significance of all developmental stages in a hypothetical life cycle of Babesia spp. is discussed.

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