Table 2.

Babesiosis clinical signs and determination

Experiment	Group	Animal	Body temperature (°C, min-max)	Days with temperature > 39.4 °C	Positive blood smear (day)	Positive IFA (day)	Positive PCR (day)
1	3	5BBA23	38.1–40.1	5	5	28	5
		5D39FA	38.0–39.3	None	6	42	6
		E181CA	37.4–38.9	None	6	28	6
	4	5E0CAF	37.8–39.9	5, 23	5	28	5
		CC1369	37.3–38.6	None	6	35, 42	6
		EA19B5	37.5–38.6	None	6	28	6
2	3	2851BE	38.0–38.7	None	–	–	–
		5C81F4	37.2–39.1	None	7	14, 21, 28	7
		697FD6	38.9–39.6	5, 19, 26	–	–	–
	4	1FBF12	37.8–38.6	None	7	14, 21, 28	7
		5BF6DC	37.8–38.4	None	–	–	–
		B2CA65	38.3–38.9	None	7	14, 21, 28	7