Epidemiological Situation of Bovine Tropical Theileriosis (Theileria annulata Infection) in the Northwest Tunisia

Control of tropical theileriosis (Theileria annulata infection in cattle) in North Africa

*Corresponding author: Mohamed Gharbi, DVM, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Parasitology, National School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Manouba, 2020 Sidi Thabet, Tunisia. Tel: +216 71 552 200 E-mail: [email protected] Foundation Project: supported by Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Information, Technology and Communication, Tunisia and the Deutsche...

Unusual cases of Theileria annulata infection in calves

Theileria? taurotragi: a probable agent of bovine cerebral theileriosis.

A case of bovine cerebral theileriosis was confirmed at autopsy on a farm where 4 animals out of 70 died. All were less than 2 years old and all showed nervous signs. Serologically, no evidence was found of Theileria mutans or the Theileria parva group in young animals born on the farm. Six out of 13 calves 6-9 months of age were, however, serologically positive for Theileria? taurotragi and it...

Studies on the antigenic value and premunition against bovine Theileriosis due to Theileria annulata (Dischunkovsky and Luhs 1904) in Iran and conservation of strains of Theileria annulata at -70 oC

PCR-based detection of Theileria infection and molecular characterization of Tams1 T. annulata vaccine strain

In order to develop a method for detecting and identification of Theileria annulata, the specific primers from the major merozoite-piroplasm surface antigen sequence of Theileria (Tams1) were used to detect the T. annulata by nested-PCR technique. The assay provides a valuable tool for the identification of Theileria annulata directly from clinical samples and enables determination of the infec...