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It affects the red blood cells and causes the passing of red or blackish urine. JAMSHEDPUR: A three-and-a-half-year-old female tiger died in the Tata Steel Zoological Park , a Tata Steel statement said today.The tigress -- Ahana -- was put under symptomatic treatment for Babesiosis, but her condition had started deteriorating in the last 2-3 days and she succumbed to the disease yesterday night at the zoo, the statement said.According to Oxford Dictionaries, Babesiosis is a disease of cattle and other livestock, transmitted by the bite of ticks. The disease is caused by protozoans of the genus Babesia, phylum Sporozoa.Last week, a seven-month-old female cub had died of the same disease.The sub-adult tigress Ahana was born to Shanti and Raghav on August 28, 2014 at the Tata Steel Zoological Park.A post-mortem was carried out by a team of veterinarians in the presence of Divisional Forest Officer Saba Alam Ansari and Director Bipul Chakrabarty.