Aspectos sobre la epidemiología y el control de la infección por Babesia vulpes (sin. B. microti-like) en carnívoros domésticos y silvestres de Galicia

Abstract

Canine piroplasmosis is a worldwide, severe, tick-borne haemoprotozoandisease caused by different species of the genera Babesia and Theileria. At the present, although there several piroplasms species that can infect dogs have been described, some of them have been detected only through the use of molecular tools and the clinical impacts they could have in the dogs remain unknown. Babesia vulpes species, formerly known as Theileria annae and/or Babesia microti-like, was first described in north-western Spain. Since then, this parasite has been increasingly observed in foxes and dogs throughout Europe and North America. Currently, piroplasmosis caused by B. vulpes is recognized as a serious problem in Galicia, the only recognized endemic region for this infection so far, as it produces severe disease in dogs associated with a poor response to currently available drugs...