Table 3.
Microsatellite typing of Besnoitia bennetti obtained from skin lesion of donkeys according to the number of repeat motifs in six microsatellite loci
| Besnoitia species | Country/Region | Microsatellite locus | Reference | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bt-5 | Bt-6 | Bt-7 | Bt-9 | Bt-20 | Bt-21 | |||
| B. besnoiti | Germany, Bavaria | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 13 | [10] |
| B. tarandi | Canada, Quebec | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 23 | [10] |
| B. bennetti | USA, Texas | 12 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | [7] |
| USA, Michigan | 12 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | [2, 4] | |
| UK, England | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | Present study | |
Note: The sample analyzed in the present study was compared to skin samples obtained from donkeys from the USA and controls (B. besnoiti, B. tarandi)