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From: An outbreak of bovine babesiosis in February, 2019, triggered by above average winter temperatures in southern England and co-infection with Babesia divergens and Anaplasma phagocytophilum

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Detection of piroplasm infection within cattle blood samples and engorged Ixodes ricinus ticks removed from Babesia-infected cattle, 2019. a Photographs of engorged female I. ricinus ticks (left panel) and one engorged female with two male I. ricinus ticks attached (right panel). b Pan-piroplasm PCR (BbMit3/2) on tick (T1-T10) and blood/organ samples removed from a suspect cow. c Pan-piroplasm PCR (PIROA/B) on sample C0202-03-19 (see Table 1). Abbreviations: C0202, cow sample C0202; EB, EDTA-treated blood; HB, blood removed from heart; Li, blood removed from liver; Ki, blood removed from kidney; NTC, no-template control; +ve, Babesia positive control; M, DNA markers

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