Ankara Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi, cilt.56, sa.2, ss.147-148, 2009 (SCI-Expanded)
The study was conducted on 105 Anatolian squirrel, Spermophilus xanthophrymnus (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Nigde which is province of Turkey from April 2003 to August 2003. Trypanosoma lewisi and Babesia microti were detected in the blood smears of 5 and 2 squirrels, respectively. This study reports the presence of T. lewisi and B. microti in Anatolian squirrel in Turkey for the first time.