Publications

black-backed jackals (canis mesomelas) are natural hosts of babesia rossi, the virulent causative agent of canine babesiosis in sub-saharan africa.	babesia rossi, which is transmitted by haemaphysalis spp. and is highly virulent to domestic dogs, occurs only in sub-saharan africa. since dogs are not native to the region, it has been postulated that the natural host of b. rossi is an indigenous african canid. although various attempts at artificial infection indicated that black-backed jackals (canis mesomelas) could become subclinically infected with b. rossi, data on occurrence of b. rossi in free-ranging jackals was lacking. a long-term b ...	2017	28285591
the transmission of babesia canis to the wild dog lycaon pictus (temminck) and black-backed jackal canis mesomelas schreber.	babesia canis was successfully transmitted from the domestic dog to 3 wild dogs lycaon pictus and 4 black-backed jackals canis mesomelas. both wild dogs and black-backed jackals showed no clinical signs or clinical pathological evidence of disease. trophozoites of babesia canis were found in peripheral blood smears from all experimental animals. the disease was also successfully transmitted from both black-backed jackals and wild dogs to the domestic dog.	1980	7252967