| serosurvey of antibabesia antibodies in stray dogs and american pit bull terriers and american staffordshire terriers from north carolina. | stray dogs (n=359) and kennel dogs (n=149) from north carolina were tested for evidence of antibabesia antibodies. antibabesia antibodies were detected in 21/359 and 22/149 of the stray and kennel dogs, respectively. a total of 57 dogs from both groups were tested for babesiasis by light microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (pcr). babesia deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) was detected in 3/28 of the stray dogs and 14/29 of the kennel dogs. when babesia dna was detected by pcr, the species-specific ... | 2003 | 14736721 |