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COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 50, Issue -, Pages 34-39Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2016.11.008
Keywords
Theileria ovis; Babesia ovis; Small ruminants; Ticks; Algeria
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- A*MIDEX project - French Government's Investissements d'Avenir program [ANR-11- IDEX-0001-02]
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Using qPCR, standard PCR and/or sequencing, we investigated the presence of tick- associated microorganisms in ticks and blood from sheep and goats from Souk Ahras, Algeria. Borrelia theileri, was detected in (7/120, 5.8%) blood from sheep and (13/120, 10.8%) goats. Anaplasma ovis was screened in (38/73, 52%) Rhipicephalus bursa and (5/22, 22.7%) R. turanicus and in (74/120, 61.7%), (65/120, 54.2%) blood of sheep and goats respectively. Coxiella burnetii tested positive in R. bursa (4/73, 5.5%) and (7/120, 5.8%) blood of sheep and (2/120, 1.7%) goats. Theileria ovis was detected in (50/147, 34%) R. bursa and (3/22, 13.6%) R. turanicus and in (64/120, 53.3%) blood of sheep and (25/120, 20.8%) goats. Babesia ovis was screened positive in (23/147, 15.6%) R. bursa and (7/48, 14.6%) R. turanicus. Our findings expand knowledge about the repertoire of tick- borne microorganisms present in ectopar-asites and/or the blood of small ruminants in Algeria. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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