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VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
Volume 182, Issue 2-4, Pages 343-348Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.040
Keywords
Cattle; Genotype; Mongolia; MPSP; Theileria orientalis
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- program for the Promotion of Basic Research Activities for Innovative Biosciences (PROBRAIN)
- Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture and Technology
- Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23405041] Funding Source: KAKEN
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In the present study, we have surveyed the presence of a bovine Theileria protozoan, Theileria orientalis, in Mongolian cattle and engorging tick populations from selected provinces and districts in Mongolia. The percentages of infection in the cattle and ticks ranged from 8.8 to 66.6 and from 3.7 to 73.3, respectively, on a per district basis. The genetic diversity of T. orientalis isolates was also studied, based on the protozoan gene encoding a major piroplasm surface protein (MPSP). At least five genotypes (types 1, 3, 5, 7, and N-3) of T. orientalis were found to be circulating among the Mongolian cattle and tick populations. In particular, types 3 and N-3 were common in most of the districts examined, while a strong geographical relationship among the genotypes was not detected in the present study. This is the first epidemiological report describing the presence of T. orientalis infection in Mongolian cattle. (C) 2011 Elsevier By. All rights reserved.
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