Small Ruminant Piroplasmosis: High Prevalence of Babesia aktasi n. sp. in Goats in Turkiye.

ABSTRACT: Small ruminant piroplasmosis is the hemoparasitic infection of sheep and goats caused by Babesia and Theileria species responsible for clinical infections with high mortality outcomes. The disease is transmitted by ixodid ticks and prevalent in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, including Türkiye. A prevalence survey, using molecular methods, is conducted in this study to determine the frequency of newly defined Babesia aktasi n. sp. and other tick-borne piroplasm species in small ruminants in Turkiye. A total of 640 blood samples from sheep (n = 137) and goats (n = 503) were analyzed by nested PCR-based reverse line blot (RLB) hybridization. The results show that 32.3% (207/640) of apparently healthy, small ruminants are infected with three Theileri

SUBMITTER: Ulucesme MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10142182 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature