The impact of tick-borne pathogen infection in Indian bovines is determined by host type but not the genotype of Theileria annulata.

ABSTRACT: Tick-borne pathogens (TBP) are a major source of production loss and a welfare concern in livestock across the globe. Consequently, there is a trade-off between keeping animals that are tolerant to TBP infection, but are less productive than more susceptible breeds. Theileria annulata is a major TBP of bovines, with different host types (i.e. exotic and native cattle breeds, and buffalo) displaying demonstrable differences in clinical susceptibility to infection. However, the extent to which these differences are driven by genetic/physiological differences between hosts, or by different parasite populations/genotypes preferentially establishing infection in different host breeds and species is unclear. In this study, three different bovine host types in India were blood sampled to test for

SUBMITTER: Larcombe SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6853275 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature