Ozubek S, Aktas M
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Firat, Elazig, 23119, Turkey (
J Med Entomol. 2017 Jan;54(1):212-220. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw134. Epub 2016 Aug 23.
Blood and tick samples were collected from 333 apparently healthy sheep and 257 goats as well as 10 sheep exhibiting clinical signs of babesiosis in Adana, Gaziantep, and Adiyaman Provinces in southern Turkey. Fully engorged female ticks were selected and maintained in an incubator until they oviposited. The tick carcasses and their egg masses were examined. Piroplasms compatible with Babesia spp. and Theileria spp. were observed in both symptomatic and asymptomatic small ruminants. Genomic DNA isolates from blood of ovine, tick samples, and egg masses were screened for piroplasms by utilizing 18S rRNA polymerase chain reaction and reverse line blotting (RLB) assays. Parasitemia ranged from 0.01% to 5.6% of erythrocytes in clinical cases. RLB showed positivity in 239 (40.5%) of the sampled apparently healthy sheep and goats and revealed the presence of three Theileria and one Babesia species. Theileria ovis was the most prevalent (35.4%), followed by Babesia ovis (5.4%), Theileria annulata (3.9%), and Theileria sp. MK (0.3%). Thirty-two small ruminants infected with T. ovis were also infected with B. ovis One animal infected with T. ovis was also infected with Theileria sp. MK. Ticks were identified as Rhipicephalus bursa, Rhipicephalus turanicus, Hyalomma excavatum, Haemaphysalis parva, and Hyalomma anatolicum Egg masses of two female R. bursa carcasses were infected with B. ovis This is the first report of theileriosis caused by T. annulata in sheep and goats in Turkey.
在土耳其南部的阿达纳省、加济安泰普省和阿迪雅曼省,从333只表面健康的绵羊、257只山羊以及10只表现出巴贝斯虫病临床症状的绵羊身上采集了血液和蜱虫样本。挑选出饱血的雌性蜱虫,置于培养箱中直至产卵。对蜱虫尸体及其卵块进行了检查。在有症状和无症状的小反刍动物中均观察到了与巴贝斯属和泰勒虫属相符的梨形虫。利用18S rRNA聚合酶链反应和反向线杂交(RLB)分析,对绵羊血液、蜱虫样本和卵块中的基因组DNA分离物进行了梨形虫筛查。临床病例中,红细胞的寄生虫血症范围为0.01%至5.6%。RLB显示,在采样的表面健康的绵羊和山羊中有239只(40.5%)呈阳性,发现存在三种泰勒虫和一种巴贝斯虫。绵羊泰勒虫最为常见(35.4%),其次是绵羊巴贝斯虫(5.4%)、环形泰勒虫(3.9%)和泰勒虫属MK(0.3%)。32只感染绵羊泰勒虫的小反刍动物也感染了绵羊巴贝斯虫。1只感染绵羊泰勒虫的动物还感染了泰勒虫属MK。蜱虫被鉴定为柏氏扇头蜱、图兰扇头蜱、边缘璃眼蜱、微小牛蜱和安纳托利亚璃眼蜱。两只柏氏扇头蜱雌性尸体的卵块感染了绵羊巴贝斯虫。这是土耳其绵羊和山羊中由环形泰勒虫引起的泰勒虫病的首次报告。