CURRENT SERODIAGNOSTIC MEASURES FOR EQUINE BABESIOSIS
2004 Volume 14 Issue 1-2 Pages 1-7
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2004 Volume 14 Issue 1-2 Pages 1-7
Equine babesiosis is a tick-transmitted hemoprotozoan infection caused by the intraerythrocytic parasites Babesia equi and B. caballi. The equine infections often become endemic when the infected horses move freely from country to country. Therefore, several non-endemic countries，including Japan, strictly prohibit the entry of infected horses on the basis of their serological status. The ideal diagnostic measures for equine babesiosis should have sufficiently high sensitivity for the accurate detection of acute and latent infections, high specificity for discrimination from other infections, and high convenience applicable for field use. This is a review of current studies for the development of ideal diagnostic measures for equine babesiosis.
