Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TTBDis) are a major constraint to the health and production
of small ruminants in Pakistan. Despite being the subject of intermittent studies over the past …

Livestock industry is an essential part of Pakistan's economy, and a variety of ruminants
(including sheep and goats) are reared for the increasing demand of milk, meat and hide …

Objective To determine the presence of Babesia bovis (B. bovis) in large ruminants in
southern Punjab and its effect on hematological and serum biochemical profile of host …

A molecular survey was undertaken in the Black Sea region of Turkey to determine the
presence of Theileria and Babesia species of medical and veterinary importance. The ticks …

Babesia ovis, transmitted by Rhipicephalus bursa ticks, is the causative agent of ovine
babesiosis, a disease characterized by fever, anemia, hemoglobinuria, and high mortality in …

Background The present study was designed to detect the presence of tick-borne parasites
(Theileria and Babesia spp.) in 196 blood samples collected from apparently healthy sheep …

Small ruminant piroplasmosis is the hemoparasitic infection of sheep and goats caused by
Babesia and Theileria species responsible for clinical infections with high mortality …

In this study, the prevalence of piroplasms in sheep and goats was assessed with Giemsa-
stained blood smear examination, PCR and nested PCR-restriction fragment length …

Tick-borne protozoan and rickettsial diseases are a major threat to livestock in tropical and
sub-tropical regions of Africa. In this study we investigated the presence and distribution of …

Anaplasma ovis is a tick-borne obligate intracellular rickettsial bacterium that causes
anaplasmosis in domestic and wild small ruminants. Sheep and goats, whose combined …