only B. canis vogeli was found in all three regions analyzed.
Prevalence rates by region and season are shown in Table 2.Direct examination of blood smears detected few positive
animals (0.8% during dry season, and 0.0% during the rainy season), while the Real Time PCR detected 9.9% of positive
animals during the dry season and 10.8% during the rainy season. All positives animals in blood smears were
positive for Real Time PCR. The index Kappa showed poor agreement between the tests (0.08).