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Prevalence of Theileriosis in sheep in Al-Kut province in Iraq

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Abstract

Ovine theileriosis is an important tick-borne disease of sheep in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, which can cause severe economic loss in animal husbandry. A total of 87 blood samples was collected from sheep in Al-Kut province in the east of Iraq and examined to detect Theileria species. Regions of TheileriaSSU rRNA genes were amplified to determination T.ovis and T. annulata and 30KDa gene to fixing T.lestoquardi. PCR analysis showed that there are 63%, 71.2% and 48.2% of examined blood samples were given a positive result for T.ovis, T.annulataandT.lestoquardirespectively in addition to 45% were recorded a mixed infection.

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Noaman N. A'aiz, Yas A. Dhaim (2014); Prevalence of Theileriosis in sheep in Al-Kut province in Iraq, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 2 (03), 0, ISSN 2320-5407.

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Noaman Naji

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