by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Babesia herpailuri Dennig, 1967 ETYMOLOGY:Babesia for Dr. Babès and herpailuri (genus of the jagurundi). SYNONYMS: None. This parasite was originally reported from a South American jagurundi, Felis yagouaroundi (syn. Herpailurus jagarundi) and shown capable of...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Babesia cati Mudaliar, Achary, and Alwar, 1950 ETYMOLOGY:Babesia for Dr. Babès and cati (cat). SYNONYMS: None. This parasite was described from a domestic cat in India at the Madras Veterinary College (Mudaliar SV, GR Achary, VS Alwar. 1950. On a...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Babesia felis Davis, 1929 ETYMOLOGY:Babesia for Dr. Babès and felis (cat) SYNONYMS:Babesiella felis (Davis, 1929) Carpano, 1934; Nuttallia felis (Davis, 1929) Krylov, 1974; Nuttallia felis var domestica Jackson and Dunning, 1937; Nicollia felis (Davis, 1929) Krylov,...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Cytauxzoon felis Kier, 1979 (Figures 1-24 and 1-25) ETYMOLOGY: Kytos (cell) + auxe (an increase) + zoon (animal) and felis (cat). SYNONYMS:Theileria felis (Kier, Wagner and Moorehouse, 1982) Le vine, 1982. HISTORY: This parasite was first observed in African ungulates...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
THE PIROPLASMS Cytauxzoon Neitz & Thomas, 1948 and Babesia Starcovici, 1893 (Figures 1-21 through 1-23) Two genera of the phylum Apicomplexa, Cytauxzoon and Babesia, are included within a group called the piroplasms. These organisms when within the red blood cell...
