Mycoplasma haemocanis

Mycoplasma haemocanis (formerly Haemobartonella canis) is a species of bacteria in the genus Mycoplasma. It rarely causes anemia in dogs with normal spleens and normal immune systems. Clinical anemia can develop when a carrier dog is splenectomized,^[1] or when a splenectomized dog is transfused with blood from a carrier donor. It affects many species of canids like dogs and foxes.

Mycoplasma haemocanis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Mycoplasmatota
Class:	Mollicutes
Order:	Mycoplasmatales
Family:	Mycoplasmataceae
Genus:	Mycoplasma
Species:	M. haemocanis
Binomial name
Mycoplasma haemocanis Messick et al., 2002