Acta Vet. Brno 2018, 87: 255-260

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201887030255

Frequency of Babesia vogeli in domestic dogs in the metropolitan area of Piura, Peru

Luis Cerro Temoche1, Renata Assad1, Eloy S. Seabra-Junior2, Tatiana Didonet Lemos3, Nadia Almosny2

1Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Veterinary School, Postgraduate Veterinary Medicine Program, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
2Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Department of Pathology and Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
3Centro Universitário Serra dos Orgãos (UNIFESO), Health Sciences Center, Teresópolis, RJ, Brazil

Received February 24, 2017
Accepted May 15, 2018

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