| Summary: | Babesiosis, a very important vector disease, has also been detected in humans and
animals. This study was carried out on 120 whole blood samples taken from Cankiri
Municipality Animal Care and Rehabilitation Center (Türkiye) between December
2021 and 2022 in Cankiri. In this study, venous blood samples taken by a veterinarian
were used for diagnosis. The 18S rRNA gene region was examined with conventional
PCR analysis and the positive results were subjected to sequence analysis. As a result
of sequence analysis, these positive cases were determined to be Babesia bigemina.
Additionally, as a result of statistical analysis, it was found that dogs detected positive
for B. bigemina did not give significant results according to age, gender or symptoms.
B. bigemina detected in this study were registered in the NCBI database with 7 (Acc no:
OQ186727), 12 (Acc no: OQ186720), 19 (Acc no: OQ186721), 21 (Acc no: OQ186722),
23 (Acc no: OQ18723), 28 (Acc no: OQ186724), 30 (Acc no: OQ186725), and 70 (Acc
no: OQ186726) numbers. The B. bigemina species detected in dogs in this study is
actually seen in farm animals. This study is the first detection report of B. bigemina in
dogs in Turkey. As a result, Babesia species seen in dogs need to be reconsidered and
investigated with the development of molecular techniques.
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