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Abstract
Babesiasis is a zoonotic disease caused by Babesia species. Babesia species are protozoan parasites that parasitize the red blood cells of domestic animals and humans causing anemia in the host. The purpose of current study was to determine the presence of Babesia
DNA in the blood samples obtained from goats from Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. Blood samples were collected from 100 Goats from randomly selected herds located in the
main livestock production regions of Aurangabad. PCR was used to detect babesia DNA in the blood samples whereby an amplified band size of 428 bp was considered positive for
Babesia. The results indicate that 2% of the blood samples were positive for Babesia species.