Determination of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Infection with Babesia ovis in Small Ruminants from West Azerbaijan Province, Iran by Polymerase Chain Reaction

Determination of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Infection with Babesia ovis in Small Ruminants from West Azerbaijan Province, Iran by Polymerase Chain Reaction

Background: Small ruminants’ babesiosis caused by Babesia ovis, is transmitted during blood feeding by infected ticks and is the most economically important tick-borne disease in tropical and subtropical areas. This study was carried out to to estimate the infection rate of B. ovis in sheep and goat...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bijan Esmaeilnejad, Mousa Tavassoli, Siamak Asri-Rezaei, Bahram Dalir-Naghadeh, Karim Mardani, Mostafa Golabi, Jafar Arjmand, Ali Kazemnia, Ghader Jalilzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
Subjects:
Babesia
Rhipicephalus Small ruminant
Iran
PCR
Online Access:https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/136

Similar Items

Similar Items