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Two fragments of the 18S rRNA gene were generated by two different PCR protocols and subsequent sequencing suggested that at least six of the deer were infected by a babesia that, in those loci, is indistinguishable from <jats:italic>Babesia divergens<\/jats:italic>, an important tick-borne pathogen of cattle and of zoonotic significance. Additionally, a <jats:italic>B. odocoilei<\/jats:italic>-like parasite was detected in three samples and a babesia that did not match any sequences in the GenBank database was found in five samples. Neither <jats:italic>B. capreoli<\/jats:italic> nor <jats:italic>B. venatorum<\/jats:italic> (EU1) were found. There have been several reports of <jats:italic>B. divergens<\/jats:italic> occurring in deer species, including red deer, roe deer (<jats:italic>Capreolus capreolus<\/jats:italic>) and reindeer (<jats:italic>Rangifer tarandus<\/jats:italic>). 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