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First record of besnoitiosis caused by Besnoitia bennetti in donkeys from the UK.
Parasites & vectors - 3 Jun 2020
Elsheikha Hany M, Schares Gereon, Paraschou Georgios, Sullivan Rebekah, Fox Richard
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The involvement of Besnoitia bennetti in skin pathologies was investigated in a series of 20 donkeys from the Donkey Sanctuary in England, in the 2013-2019 period. METHODS: The initial histopathological finding of Besnoitia cysts in skin lumps that were presumed to be sarcoids in 2013 triggered our cognisance of this parasite and resulted in identification of a total of 20 cases. Histopathological...
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