| a field evaluation of pcr for the routine detection of babesia equi in horses. | we report on a study that evaluated the usefulness of pcr for the routine detection of babesia equi in horses. the blood from a total of 105 horses comprising both sick and apparently healthy animals were examined for the presence of b. equi using both wright-giemsa-stained blood smears and pcr. microscopic analysis of giemsa-stained blood smears revealed 10/105 animals positive for babesia, compared to 16/105 for the primary pcr and 36/105 for the nested pcr. three of the 10 samples positive by ... | 2003 | 12781470 |