Jongejan F, Morzaria S P, Mustafa O E, Latif A A
Vet Parasitol. 1983 Sep;13(2):121-6. doi: 10.1016/0304-4017(83)90071-7.
Theileria annulata was experimentally transmitted to cattle on two occasions by the two-host tick Hyalomma marginatum rufipes. Transmission was transstadial; engorged nymphs fed on Theileria annulata-infected calves transmitted the disease as adults. Salivary glands of all partially fed and incubated adult ticks were heavily infected with Theileria parasites. Immatures attached rapidly and fed successfully on cattle. However, since the immature stages of this species normally feed on birds, this tick is unlikely to be an important vector in the field.
环形泰勒虫曾两次通过双宿主蜱边缘璃眼蜱的红棕亚种实验性传播给牛。传播是经变态期的；以感染环形泰勒虫的小牛为食的饱血若蜱在变为成虫时传播疾病。所有部分取食并发育的成年蜱的唾液腺都被泰勒虫寄生虫严重感染。未成熟蜱能迅速附着并成功地以牛为食。然而，由于该蜱种的未成熟阶段通常以鸟类为食，因此这种蜱在野外不太可能是重要的传播媒介。
