30Sep 2015

Phylogenetic Study of Babesia spp based on 18s rRNA gene isolated from Sheep and Goats in Middle Region of Iraq

  • Department of microbiology and parasitology. College of veterinary Medicine. Univ. of Al- Qadisiya. Iraq
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The present study was conducted during the period from September 2014 until April 2015. 163 blood samples was collected from 95 sheep and 68 goats from different regions in AL-Qadisiya province in Iraq and the study designed to using the molecular techniques such as the conventional PCR and the semi nested PCR also the using of sequencing and phylogenetic analysis to determining the parasite species also to determine the effect of the age and sex in animals infection and this study done for the first time in sheep and goats in the middle region of Iraq.


[Mansour Jadaan Ali Alkhaled, Noora Salah Abdul-Hassan (2015); Phylogenetic Study of Babesia spp based on 18s rRNA gene isolated from Sheep and Goats in Middle Region of Iraq Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Sep). 1150-1158] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Mansour Jadaan Ali Alkhaled