Takako Miyama, Yoshimi Sakata, Yojiro Shimada, Shoji Ogino, Malaika Watanabe, Kazuhito Itamoto, Masaru Okuda, Rodolfo A Verdida, Xuenan Xuan, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Hisashi Inokuma
To determine the distribution of Babesia gibsoni infection in dogs in the eastern part of Japan, an epidemiological survey of dogs suspected of having B. gibsoni infection was attempted using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Thirty-five of 115 such dogs (30.4%) were positive by PCR and/or ELISA. The 35 positive dogs consisted of 28 Tosa dogs, 4 American Pit Bull Terriers, and 3 mongrel dogs in Aomori, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Gunma, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Nagano Prefectures...
May 2005: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science