First report of Besnoitia bennetti in Irish donkeys: an emerging parasitic disease in Europe

Table 2 Comparison of six microsatellite loci of different B. bennetti isolates sequenced from infected donkeys

Besnoitia species	Host	Sample	Country	Microsatellite locus						Reference
Besnoitia species	Host	Sample	Country	Bt-5	Bt-6	Bt-7	Bt-9	Bt-20	Bt-21	Reference
B. bennetti	Donkey Case 1	Skin	Ireland	12	13	9	8	8	6	This study
	Donkey Case 2	Skin	Ireland	12	13	9	8	8	6	This study
	Donkey	Skin	UK	12	13	9	8	8	6	Elsheikha et al., 2020 [23]
	Donkey	Skin	Michigan, USA	12	13	8	8	8	6	Elsheikha et al., 2005 [21]; Madubata et al., 2012 [34]
	Donkey	Conjunctiva	Texas, USA	12	13	8	8	8	6	Ness et al., 2012 [5]; Gutierrez-Exposito et al., 2016 [3]

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