Experimental infections of Babesia bigemina in American bison

J Wildl Dis. 1987 Jan;23(1):99-102. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-23.1.99.

Abstract

Babesia bigemina was experimentally transmitted from cattle to bison and back to cattle. One spleen-intact and two splenectomized American bison (Bison bison) inoculated with a B. bigemina stabilate exhibited clinical and hematological signs of babesiosis within 10 days of exposure. Blood from the infected bison produced disease in a splenectomized bovine steer.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Artiodactyla / parasitology*
  • Babesiosis / transmission*
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / transmission*
  • Female
  • Male
  • Splenectomy