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Occurrence and genotyping of Theileria equi in dogs and associated ticks in Egypt.
Medical and veterinary entomology - 1 Jun 2023
Hegab Asmaa A, Fahmy Magdy M, Omar Hussein M, Ghattas Souzan G, Mahmoud Nisreen E, Abuowarda Mai
Abstract excerpt
Theileriosis is a tick-borne protozoal disease caused by a piroplasm of the genus Theileria. Hard ticks are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites that serve as vectors of Theileria spp. Studies of the presence of theileriosis in Egyptian dogs and associated ticks are scarce. This study was conducted to detect and identify Theileria spp. in dogs and Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks and to monitor the epidemiological...
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