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'''Life Cycle'''
 
'''Life Cycle'''
*Both [[Ticks#Disease Transmission|trans-stadial]] and [[Ticks#Disease Transmission|trans-ovarian]] transmission occurs with each female [[Ticks|tick]] producing 3000 eggs and the [[Ticks|tick]] being the definitive host.
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Both [[Ticks#Disease Transmission|trans-stadial]] and [[Ticks#Disease Transmission|trans-ovarian]] transmission occurs with each female [[Ticks|tick]] producing 3000 eggs and the [[Ticks|tick]] being the definitive host.
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*''Babesia'' multiplies in the red blood cells by '''budding'''
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''Babesia'' multiplies in the red blood cells by '''budding''' and it forms 2-4 daughter cells (species dependent).
**Forms 2-4 daughter cells (species dependent)
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Giemsa blood smears can differentiate between species using 'Difquik' stain.
**Giemsa blood smears can differentiate between species using 'Difquik' stain
      
*''Babesia'' species are either small or large depending on the size of the daughter cells
 
*''Babesia'' species are either small or large depending on the size of the daughter cells
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