Experimental infections of Babesia bigemina in American bison.
Babesia bigemina was experimentally transmitted from cattle to bison and back to cattle. One spleen-intact and two splenectomized American bison (Bison bison) inoculated with a B. bigemina stabilate exhibited clinical and hematological signs of babesiosis within 10 days of exposure. Blood from the infected bison produced disease in a splenectomized bovine steer.
D000818:Animals; D001188:Artiodactyla / Q000469:parasitology*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000635:transmission*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013156:Splenectomy