Epidemiology of bovine hemoprotozoa parasites in cattle and water buffalo in Vietnam

WEERASOORIYA, Gayani
SIVAKUMAR, Thillaiampalam
LAN, Dinh Thi Bich
LONG, Phung Thang
TAKEMAE, Hitoshi
IGARASHI, Ikuo
INOUE, Noboru
YOKOYAMA, Naoaki

Open link

Publication date

August 2016

DOI

10.1292/jvms.16-0099

Publisher

Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

ISSN

0916-7250

Citation count (estimate)

Abstract

A PCR-based survey of hemoprotozoa parasites detected Babesia bigemina, Theileria orientalis and Trypanosoma theileri among cattle and water buffalo in Vietnam, and a new Babesia sp. closely related to Babesia ovata was detected in cattle only. In addition, Theileria annulata and Trypanosoma evansi were not detected in both cattle and water buffalo. Phylogenetic analysis detected T. orientalis MPSP genotypes 3, 5, 7 and N3 in cattle and 5, 7, N1 and N2 in water buffalo. Additionally, water buffalo-derived T. theileri CATL sequences clustered together with a previously reported cattle-derived sequence from Vietnam. This is the first report of a new Babesia sp. in cattle, and T. orientalis MPSP genotype 7 and T. theileri in water buffalo in V...