… in the vertebrate host are … Canine babesiosis in Europe was first recorded in Italy in 1895,
not long after the detection of this parasite in bovines19. Historically, Babesia infections in dogs …

… in dogs and camels raising doubt about their host specificity. … French Indochina and in
Sardinia, Italy in a group of horses in … mature via saliva into the vertebrate host. The sporozoites of …

… of clinical piroplasmosis for domestic dogs and cats, and to … vector as well as the vertebrate
host, especially with regard to … host often takes place via the bite of the invertebrate vector, …

… ricinus has a telotropic behavior with a host range that … Canine Piroplasmosis is also endemic
in Italy as in most … In this context, even the epidemiology of the long known EP needs to be …

… little knowledge on its clinical and epidemiological aspects [4]. A … on canine theileriosis
(piroplasmosis), epidemiology in … ; cats from Portugal and Italy [73,74], horses from Italy [26], …

… Dogs have proved to be competent reservoir hosts for several … pathogens in dog blood
donors, living in central Italy. Blood … epidemiological tool for active surveillance against canine …

… description of the epidemiology of these … broad host range of vertebrate hosts such as
mammals, reptiles, birds, fishes, and anurans [3,4,5,6]. Hematophagous invertebrates act as hosts …

… Transmission to vertebrate hosts occurs through the ingestion of the infected tick vectors, …
An interesting epidemiological aspect is the demonstration of H. canis within temperate …

… babesiosis (formerly called canine piroplasmosis). Hard ticks … gland to their new vertebrate
host, whereupon the protozoan life-… However, the epidemiological and clinical significance of …

… , our findings might represent a starting point for future studies in order to evaluate the
epidemiological scenario and the risk factors associated with this infection in dogs in Italy. …