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Volume 16 (2):81-87, 2012. Redacted 2017
Natural
infection of Theileria equi
in a ewe; an unusual host
Mehdi Namavari1*, Maryam Mansourian1, Nahid Naghshgar
2; Behrooz Nikahval3, Atefeh Seghatoleslam4, Yahya Tahamtan1
1Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, 3Department of
clinical studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, 4Shiraz University of
Medical Sciences, Medical School, Shiraz, 2Department of Microbiology, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom Branch, Jahrom, Iran
ABSTRACT
Namavari
M, Mansourian M, Naghshgar
M, Nikahval B, Seghatoleslam
A, Tahamtan
Y., Online J Vet Res.,
16 (2):81-87, 2012. A 3-year-old ewe infected with Theileria
equi was presented with fever, icterus, hemolytic
anemia and hemoglobinuria. The diagnosis was confirmed by microscopic
examination and DNA sequences of Theileria equi from GenBank.
Theileria equi was
then inoculated to a splenectomized sheep inducing
the same pathognomic signs and death. To the authors knowledge, this is the first description of a
naturally acquired Theileria equi infection in a sheep with severe clinical signs
which induced pathognomic signs and death in another
sheep. This finding suggests that Theileria
equi may not be host-specific.
Keywords:
Theileria equi;
sheep
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