Babesia crassan.sp. (Sporozoa, Babesiidae) of domestic sheep in Iran
Open Access
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Veterinary Quarterly
- Vol. 3 (1) , 1-8
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01652176.1981.9693787
Abstract
A large Babesia sp., isolated from a sheep in Iran, proved to be serologically and morphologically different from B. motasi and B. ovis. The parasite, designated B. crassa n. sp., is characterized by the frequent occurrence of four organisms in one erythrocyte, which is the result of quadruple division and, in other cases, of two successive binary divisions. Parasites resulting from the first of two successive binary divisions are exceptionally broad. B. crassa appears to be of low pathogenicity for sheep and goats, to which it is also infective. The vector is unknown.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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