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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©

(Including Medical and Laboratory Research)

Established 1994

ISSN 1328-925X

 

Volume 29 (3): 134-139, 2025.


Prevalence of hemo-protozoan parasites in sheep.

 

Amer M AL-Amery, Emad M Hasan AL-Karkhi,  Azhar A Faraj.

 

College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq.

 

ABSTRACT

 

AL-Amery AM, Hasan AL-Karkhi EM, Faraj AA., Prevalence of hemo-protozoan parasites in sheep, Onl J Vet Res., 29 (3): 134-139, 2025. The prevalence of hemoprotozoan parasites from 258 sheep (Iraq) blood and lymph smears was determined.  We found 16% Theileria spp. in lymph and 12% in blood, ~11% Babesia 10.46% and Anaplasma 4.27%  with higher infections on April Therileria (49%) , May Babesia 20% and April Anaplasma 26% and least in January (9.5%), December (5.7%)  and November (5.7%) for same parasites. Prevalence of mixed infections corresponded to Therileria-Babesia 3.5%, Anaplasma-Theileria 8.1% and Babesia-Anaplasma 3.5%. 

 

Key-Words: Protozoa, blood sheep, prevalence.  


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