| incidence of canine babesia gibsoni infection and subclinical infection among tosa dogs in aomori prefecture, japan. | to identify the incidence of babesia gibsoni (b. gibsoni) in aomori prefecture, northeastern japan, dogs with acute b. gibsoni infection were investigated at the animal teaching hospital, kitasato university, between april 2002 and march 2003. eighteen dogs with acute b. gibsoni infection were recognized; they were all male dogs of the fighting dog breed tosa. their platelet counts were below normal and their packed cell volumes (pcvs) were at various levels. we collected blood samples from 141 ... | 2004 | 15353837 |
| epidemiological survey of babesia gibsoni infection in dogs in eastern japan. | 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, kana ... | 2005 | 15942130 |