Abstract
Bovine parasitic sadness is a complex of two distinct hemoparasitoses, with similar clinical signs and epidemiology, mainly transmitted by the tick Rhipicephalus (Boophillus) microplus. Part of this complex is babesiosis caused mainly by Babesia bigemina, Babesia bovis and Anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma marginale. However, B. bigemina and B. bovis can occur in isolation and yet cause pr…