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Table 2 Parasite burden, treatment data and time of necropsy for the non-treated (NT) and treated (T) subgroups of dogs in Group B

From: Microscopic and molecular analysis of Babesia canis in archived and diagnostic specimens reveal the impact of anti-parasitic treatment and postmortem changes on pathogen detection

No.

CBS

Postmortem samples

Treatment timinga

Time of necropsyb

Blood

Bone marrow

Brain

Kidney

Liver

Lung

Lymph node

Myocardium

Skeletal muscle

Spleen

NT-1

na

na

27 (L)

492 (VH)

83 (L)

59 (L)

158 (M)

na

342 (VH)

0

41 (L)

na

36

NT-2

na

36 (L)

324 (VH)

481 (VH)

423 (VH)

163 (M)

319 (VH)

114 (M)

361 (VH)

109 (H)

320 (VH)

na

0

NT-3

na

43 (L)

32 (L)

72 (L)

40 (L)

49 (L)

39 (L)

0

57 (L)

0

104 (H)

na

36

NT-4

na

29 (L)

17 (L)

84 (L)

58 (L)

52 (L)

60 (L)

0

52 (L)

na

39 (L)

na

50

NT-5

na

49 (L)

22 (L)

235 (H)

202 (H)

68 (L)

79 (L)

54 (L)

226 (H)

159 (H)

137 (H)

na

48

NT-6

159 (M)

125 (M)

347 (VH)

286 (H)

320 (VH)

157 (H)

82 (L)

24 (L)

na

123 (H)

109 (H)

na

40

T-1

81 (L)

29 (L)

207 (H)

161 (M)

207 (H)

139 (M)

41 (L)

217 (H)

232 (H)

205 (H)

184 (M)

6

17

T-2

138 (M)

25 (L)

322 (VH)

478 (VH)

413 (VH)

193 (M)

90 (L)

56 (L)

361 (VH)

0

309 (H)

6

21

T-3

94 (L)

47 (L)

21 (L)

312 (VH)

92 (L)

83 (L)

118 (M)

34 (L)

134 (M)

48 (L)

57 (L)

10

2

T-4

na

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

6

T-5

164 (M)

103 (M)

0

0

0

0

8 (L)

0

0

0

0

24

0

T-6

51 (L)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

24

11

T-7

47 (L)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

na

0

24

1

T-8

na

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

na

0

24

3

T-9

73 (L)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

na

0

48

20

  1. aHours before death
  2. bHours after death. Infection with B. canis was confirmed by PCR in organ samples from all dogs
  3. Abbreviations: No., dog number; CBS, clinical blood smears made from the cephalic vein blood of clinical patients; na, not applicable; L, low parasite burden; M, moderate parasite burden; H, high parasite burden; VH, very high parasite burden