molecular characterization of hepatozoon canis in dogs from colombia. | hepatozoonosis is a tick-borne disease whose transmission to dogs occurs by ingestion of oocysts infected ticks or feeding on preys infested by infected ticks. until now, there is no previous report of molecular characterization of hepatozoon sp. in dogs from colombia. edta blood samples were collected from 91 dogs from central-western region of colombia (bogotá, bucaramanga, and villavicencio cities) and submitted to 18s rrna hepatozoon sp. pcr and blood smears confection. phylogenetic analysis ... | 2012 | 22068216 |