Detection and genotypes of piroplasms affecting ruminants in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Piroplasms, which include the two genera Babesia and Theileria, are protozoan parasites transmitted by Ixodid ticks that infect the erythrocytes of vertebrate hosts, including humans, domestic animals, and wild animals. The present study examined how common and distinct genotypes of the above tick-borne parasites are in the New Valley Governorate in Egypt, which covers 440,098 km².

Materials and methods

It was conducted on 321 randomly selected live animals (89 cattle, 55 goats, and 177 sheep), regardless of sex and age. Of these, 203 were found to be infested with ticks, and 269 ticks were collected to determine the prevalent tick species microscopically. Giemsa-stained blood films and conventional polymerase chain reaction (cPCR) assays targeted the Babesia 18 S

SUBMITTER: Barghash SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12619443 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature