Di Cataldo, SophiaUlloa-Contreras, ClaudiaCevidanes, AitorHernández, ClaudiaMillán, Javier2023-12-132023-12-132020-11Transboundary and Emerging Diseases Volume 67, Issue 6, Pages 2296 - 2299 November 20201865-1674https://repositorio.unab.cl/xmlui/handle/ria/54529Indexación (Scopus)We report the presence of Babesia vogeli in dogs in Chile. During two surveillance campaigns separated by a year, sixty-three blood samples from free-ranging rural dogs in Coquimbo, Chile, were analysed through conventional PCR screening of the 18S rRNA for Babesia species. Sequencing confirmed the presence of Babesia vogeli in 6.3% of the tested animals, with positive cases in both years. All the sequences showed 100% nucleotide sequence identity among them and 99.8% with other previously published sequences from dogs. No clinical signs or haematological abnormalities other than thrombocytopenia were found in the parasitized individuals. This is the first report of a canine piroplasmid in Chile.encaninepiroplasmidSouth AmericaArtículo10.1111/tbed.13609