Babesia caballi

Babesia caballi is a species belonging to Alveolata and the family Babesiidae. In horses, it causes the babesiosis disease, called "equine babesiosis". Its length is 2.5-5 μm, while its width is 2 μm. It is usually oval-shaped. Its vector and second feeders are ticks. In North America B. caballi is being spread by Dermacentor nitens.

Babesia caballi
Babesia caballi in vitro culture
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Piroplasmida
Family:	Babesiidae
Genus:	Babesia
Species:	B. caballi
Binomial name
Babesia caballi (Nuttall & Strickland, 1910)

Bibliography

• Furmaga, Stanisław (1983). Choroby pasożytnicze zwierząt domowych. Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Rolnicze i Leśne. ISBN 978-83-09-00671-8.
• Griffiths, Henry Joseph (1978). A handbook of veterinary parasitology : domestic animals of North America. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-0828-7.