MOLECULAR DETECTION OF THEILERIA LUWENSHUNI IN SHEEP AND GOATS OF CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU
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Date
2019
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Indian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization
Abstract
Theileriosis is an important haemoprotozoan
disease of sheep and goats in tropical and
subtropical regions caused by the different species of
Theileria (Altay et al., 2007). It is mainly transmitted
trans-staidly by various tick vectors of family Ixodidae
and cause heavy economic losses (US$ 62 million) to
livestock (Li et al., 2014). T. lestoquardi is the most
important and highly pathogenic species causing
malignant theileriosis in sheep (Friedhoff, 1997). In
addition, two newly reported species (T. luwenshuni
and T. uilenbergi) from China are also pathogenic to
small ruminants (Ahmed et al., 2006; Yin et al., 2007).
The other species like T. ovis, T. separata and T.
recondita are non-pathogenic in small ruminants
(Altay et al., 2007; Alessandra and Santo, 2012).
General ly, the diagnosis of smal l ruminant
piroplasmosis is based on microscopic examination of
blood and lymph node smears and clinical symptoms.
Description
TNV_IJSR_2019_25(2)242-246
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Veterinary Science