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The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to detect Babesia canis by using 18S rDNA amplification in order to confirm thepresence of the agents and to characterize molecularly the Thai B. canis. Three sets of primers, a Babesia canis-specificprimer (BcSP), Piroplasm-specific primer (PSP) and Babesia species-specific primer (BsSP), were tested for sensitivity.The results showed that BcSP and PSP were 50 times more sensitive than BsSP. Both BcSP and PSP were specificenough to detect this parasite in asymptomatic dogs. Peripheral blood samples were collected from 102 asymptomaticdogs residing in Chiang Mai and assayed with a light microscope and PCR by using BcSP and PSP primers. As aresult, fourteen (13.72%) and nine (8.82%) peripheral blood samples were positive by PCR using BcSP and PSP,respectively. No positive samples were found from blood smears. Moreover, Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated thatThai B. canis was subspecies vogeli. Homology sequencing of the partial 18S rDNA gene of Thai B. canis vogeli(accession number JF825145) compared to other sequences from different regions was identical to that found inChina, Japan, Venezuela and Brazil with 99.86% homology. Our work represents the first molecular characterizationof Thai B. canis by using the 18S rDNA gene.

DOI

10.56808/2985-1130.2379

First Page

173

Last Page

178

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