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Babesia bigemina

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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Class
  
Aconoidasida

Family
  
Babesiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Apicomplexa

Order
  
Piroplasmida

Genus
  
Babesia

Similar
  
Babesia bovis, Babesia, Rhipicephalus microplus, Theileria, Piroplasmida

Babesia bovis babesia bigemina part 2


Babesia bigemina is a species of alveolates belonging to he phylum tApicomplexa and the family Babesiidae.

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In cattle, it causes babesiosis, also called "Texas fever". Its length is 4-5 µm and width is 2-3 µm. Usually, it has an oval shape. In blood cells, it is located midsagittally and its size gets up to two-thirds of blood cell size.

Mecanismos de patogenicidad de babesia bovis y babesia bigemina


References

Babesia bigemina Wikipedia