Table 2.
Prevalence of Babesia bigemina and Babesia bovis determined by molecular techniques in cattle, buffaloes and ticks from Colombia, during dry, wet and late wet seasons
| Detected pathogens | Dry season | Wet season | Late wet season | Annual | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Positive (%) | n | Positive (%) | n | Positive (%) | n | Positive (%) | |
| B. bigemina | ||||||||
| Cattle | 466 | 105 (22.5) | 463 | 118 (25.4) | 503 | 124 (24.6) | 1432 | 347 (24.2) |
| Buffaloes | 57 | 2 (3.5) | 51 | 5 (9.8) | 44 | 3 (6.8) | 152 | 10 (6.5) |
| R. microplus (pools) | 45 | 2 (4.4) | 23 | 0 (0.0) | 210 | 8 (3.8) | 278 | 10 (3.5) |
| D. nitens (pools) | 7 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 (0) | 11 | 0 (0) |
| A. cajennense (s.l.) (pools) | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 (0) | 9 | 0 (0) |
| B. bovis | ||||||||
| Cattle | 466 | 61 (13.0) | 463 | 67 (14.4) | 503 | 79 (15.7) | 1432 | 207 (14.4) |
| Buffaloes | 57 | 11 (19.3) | 51 | 7 (13.7) | 44 | 9 (20.5) | 152 | 27 (17.7) |
| R. microplus (pools) | 45 | 0 (0) | 23 | 0 (0) | 210 | 3 (1.4) | 278 | 3 (1.0) |
| D. nitens (pools) | 7 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 (0) | 11 | 0 (0) |
| A. cajennense (s.l.) (pools) | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 (0) | 9 | 0 (0) |
| B. bigemina + B. bovis | ||||||||
| Cattle | 466 | 25 (5.3) | 463 | 35 (7.5) | 503 | 41 (8.1) | 1432 | 101 (7.0) |
| Buffaloes | 57 | 0 (0) | 51 | 0 (0) | 44 | 1 (2.2) | 152 | 1 (0.6) |
| R. microplus (pools) | 45 | 0 (0) | 23 | 0 (0) | 210 | 1 (0.4) | 278 | 1 (0.3) |