Tropical Animal Health and Production

, volume 44 , issue 2 , pages 319-322

An epidemiological survey on bovine and ovine babesiosis in Kurdistan Province, western Iran

Mahdi Fakhar ^{1, 2, 3}

Atta Hajihasani ⁴

Shilan Maroufi ⁴

Houjjat Alizadeh ⁵

Hossein Shirzad ⁶

Faranak Piri ⁷

Abdol Sattar Pagheh ⁸

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Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran |

Molecular and Cellular Biology Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran |

Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine/Molecular and Cellular Biology Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran |

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Primer Diagnostic Veterinary Lab, Baneh, Iran |

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Rouyana Veterinary Lab, Saqqez, Iran |

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Pastor Lab, Mariwan, Iran |

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Damshad Lab, Kamyaran, Iran |

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Student Research Committee, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2011-11-23

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DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-0023-y

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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of the Babesia infection in domestic animals in Kurdistan Province of Iran for the first time. In this survey, 9,111 domestic livestock, including cattle and sheep, were randomly sampled and examined from 500 flocks in Kurdistan Province from July 2007 to September 2009. Thin peripheral blood smears were taken and then stained by Giemsa staining method. From a total of 9,111 collected samples, 2,642 were sheep and 6,469 were cattle. Babesia spp. is detected in 1,359 (51.4%) out of sheep samples and 136 (2.1%) out of cattle samples by direct examination of blood smear. Altogether, the prevalence rate of Babesia infection was 16.4% (n = 1,495) in both animal groups. Babesia ovis and Babesia bigemina were the most prevalent species found in sheep and cattle, respectively. The relatively high prevalence of Babesia infection in livestock indicates the epizootic stability status of babesiosis in the western part of Iran.

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Fakhar M. et al. An epidemiological survey on bovine and ovine babesiosis in Kurdistan Province, western Iran // Tropical Animal Health and Production. 2011. Vol. 44. No. 2. pp. 319-322.

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Fakhar M., Hajihasani A., Maroufi S., Alizadeh H., Shirzad H., Piri F., Pagheh A. S. An epidemiological survey on bovine and ovine babesiosis in Kurdistan Province, western Iran // Tropical Animal Health and Production. 2011. Vol. 44. No. 2. pp. 319-322.

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DO - 10.1007/s11250-011-0023-y

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TI - An epidemiological survey on bovine and ovine babesiosis in Kurdistan Province, western Iran

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AU - Fakhar, Mahdi

AU - Hajihasani, Atta

AU - Maroufi, Shilan

AU - Alizadeh, Houjjat

AU - Shirzad, Hossein

AU - Piri, Faranak

AU - Pagheh, Abdol Sattar

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DA - 2011/11/23

PB - Springer Nature

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@article{2011_Fakhar,

author = {Mahdi Fakhar and Atta Hajihasani and Shilan Maroufi and Houjjat Alizadeh and Hossein Shirzad and Faranak Piri and Abdol Sattar Pagheh},

title = {An epidemiological survey on bovine and ovine babesiosis in Kurdistan Province, western Iran},

journal = {Tropical Animal Health and Production},

year = {2011},

volume = {44},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {nov},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-011-0023-y},

number = {2},

pages = {319--322},

doi = {10.1007/s11250-011-0023-y}

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Fakhar, Mahdi, et al. “An epidemiological survey on bovine and ovine babesiosis in Kurdistan Province, western Iran.” Tropical Animal Health and Production, vol. 44, no. 2, Nov. 2011, pp. 319-322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-011-0023-y.