| isolation and identification of babesia ovis in extremadura (spain). | a morphological and morphometric comparison was made of a babesia ovis strain isolated in extremadura (spain) and a b. ovis strain from turkey. strains were morphologically similar, with a clear predominance of single sub-spherical or anaplasmoid forms. the use of an image analyser to measure b. ovis merozoites revealed significant differences in the long axis, short axis and volume between the two strains. both strains however behaved in a similar manner in the indirect fluorescent antibody (if ... | 1990 | 1693020 |