Some aspects of the epidemiology of equine babesiosis.
The sex, coat colour, age, province and month of occurrence of every case of babesiosis was recorded in a horse population of 5856 in South Africa and Rhodesia. A total of 115 cases were recorded during the period 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31. Chisquared tests were used to evaluate the significance of frequencies. Significant biases in the distribution of cases of babesiosis were found with regard to season (P < 0,05), sex (P < 0,001) and coat colour (P < 0.01).
D000818:Animals; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003116:Color; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006736:Horses; D012621:Seasons; D012737:Sex Factors; D012880:Skin Pigmentation; D013019:South Africa