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Determination of erythrocyte susceptibility of Chinese sheep (Tan mutton breed) and French sheep (Vendéen breed) to Babesia sp. BQ1 (Lintan) by in vitro culture
The
Babesia species “BQ1 (Lintan)” is infective to sheep and goats. The species was isolated from
Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis collected in the Gannan Tibet Autonomous Region, China in April 2000. In this study, an in vitro culture system was developed for the propagation of
Babesia sp. BQ1 (Lintan). Continuous cultivation and 5.0% parasitemia was obtained in vitro in RPMI 1640 medium with sheep red blood cells (RBC) (7.5%) supplemented with Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) (20%), Amphotericin B (0.5
μg/ml) and Gentamicin (50
μg/ml) in an incubator at 37
°C and 6% CO
2 in 24-well and 6-well plates. Parasitemia could attain 10% in 75
cm
2 flasks with the same culture medium but with 2.5% RBC. A clonal line of
Babesia sp. BQ1 (Lintan) was screened using the limiting dilution method and designated G7. Growth of
Babesia sp. BQ1 (Lintan) in vitro was measured by microtitre-based spectrophotometric method and from parasitemia counts. The generation time was between 20.57
h (based the
A
405 of the culture supernatant) and 26.41
h (based on parasitemia). Three French sheep were successfully infected with the culture and the infectivity of the clonal line G7 was determined. Finally, this in vitro culture system was used to compare the susceptibility (capacity to sustain
Babesia sp. growth in vitro) of RBC from French sheep (Vendéen breed) and Chinese sheep (Tan mutton breed) for
Babesia sp. BQ1 (Lintan) and
B. divergens. The lower susceptibility to
B. divergens and
Babesia sp. BQ1 (Lintan) of RBC from French sheep, compared to Chinese sheep, is discussed.