Recent Advances in Canine babesiosis

Dear Colleagues,

Babesiosis is a vector-borne disease transmitted by ticks. Its etiological factors are intraerythrocytic protozoa belonging to the genus Babesia, family Babesiidae, order Piroplasmida, phylum Apicomplexa. In Europe, canine babesiosis is caused by Babesia canis parasites. In recent years, an increase in the range of occurrence of babesiosis in dogs has been observed. The course of the illness depends on many factors, such as the virulence of protozoan strains, the age of the animal, previous piroplasmosis vaccinations, season of the year and others. It is widely known that different strains of parasites are characterized by a different level of virulence. Some of them cause the development of severe disease with increased parasitemia, which leads to the death of the animals, while others induce low parasitemia and a temporary occurrence of mild disease symptoms.

As canine babesiosis is still a problem in veterinary practice, this Special Issue of Animals, “Recent Advances in Canine babesiosis”, is open to original research papers that cover current issues in the epidemiology, diagnosis, pathogenesis, therapy, and immunoprophylaxis of canine babesiosis, as well as the biology of these parasites.

Prof. Dr. Łukasz Adaszek
Dr. Klaudiusz Szczepaniak
Guest Editors

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