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Tissue sections and smears showed the presence of multiple, coccoid intraerythrocytic bodies that measured 1\u20132 \u03bcm and resembled small babesiae. No large piroplasms were seen. DNA was extracted from the spleen, and a conventional PCR was performed for the amplification of a 450-bp region of the 18S rRNA gene of piroplasms. The causative agent was identified as <jats:italic>Babesia canis canis<\/jats:italic>, with 99% sequence identity to other European isolates. Sequence identity to <jats:italic>B. gibsoni<\/jats:italic> was only 91%. 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