Publications
| a serological study of babesia caballi and theileria equi in thoroughbreds in trinidad. | ninety-three (93) horses were investigated for serum antibodies to theileria equi (t. equi) and babesia caballi (b. caballi) using the immunofluorescent antibody test (ifat). seventy-seven (82.8%) horses were seropositive; 31 (33.3%) were positive to t. equi compared to 64 (68.8%) to b. caballi while 18 (19.4%) horses were seropositive to both parasites. no significant differences in antibody frequencies among females and males for either t. equi or b. caballi were noted. differences in seroposi ... | 2007 | 17118557 |
| a case of transplacental transmission of theileria equi in a foal in trinidad. | equine piroplasmosis due to theileria equi and babesia caballi is endemic in trinidad. a case of equine piroplasmosis due to t. equi was diagnosed in a thoroughbred foal at 10h post-partum. a high parasitaemia (63%) of piroplasms was observed in a wright-giemsa(®) stained thin blood smear from the foal. in addition, the 18s rrna gene for babesia/theileria was amplified from dna extracted from the blood of the foal and the mare. amplified products were subjected to a reverse line blot hybridizati ... | 2010 | 21051152 |