Small ring to rarely tailed organisms (arrowheads) are present in the blood of a dog with a regenerative anemia. An infection with Babesia gibsoni was confirmed by PCR testing. Note the ghost red blood cells, supporting an intravascular hemolytic component to the anemia.
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