Table 1. Evaluation of the white-tailed deer challenged with Babesia bovis.
| Week post-inoculation | |||||||||||||
| Group 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Doe 1 | N | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n |
| Doe 2 | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n |
| Doe 3 | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n |
| Doe 4 | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n |
| Steer 1 | n | N | P SD * | ||||||||||
| Week post-inoculation | |||||||||||||
| Group 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Doe 5 | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n |
| Doe 6 | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n |
| Doe 7 | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n |
| Doe 8 | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n |
| Steer 2 | n | P SD * | |||||||||||
White tailed deer challenged with B. bovis. Group 1: blood stabilate and group 2: a larval extract containing sporozoites. Nested PCR targeting 18S ribosomal RNA. N: negative; P: positive,
SD: Severe Clinical Disease and *: steers were euthanized.