Prevalence of Theileriosis in Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama) in Namibia
- 29 June 2005
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde
- Vol. 97 (1), 77-79
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-005-1390-y
Abstract
A total of 23 blood samples from Red Hartebeest and 28 ticks of the subspecies Rhipicephalus evertsi were collected in Namibia during the summer 2003. For a Piroplasmida species, Theileria sp 95.7% of blood and 50.0% of tick samples (all R. e. mimeticus, none of R. e. evertsi were carrying the pathogen) were PCR positive. Sequencing showed infection from a re-emerging mild species of Theileria phylogenetically different from other African Theileria species such as Theileria parva, T. buffeli, T. annulata, T. taurotragi or T. mutans.Keywords
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