Molecular Detection of Theileria Species in Sheep from Northern China

Shinuo CAO; Shoufa ZHANG; Lijun JIA; Shujiang XUE; Longzheng YU; Ketsarin KAMYINGKIRD; Paul Franck Adjou MOUMOUNI; Ahmed Abd El Moniem MOUSSA; Mo ZHOU; Yuanming ZHANG; Mohamad Alaa TERKAWI; Tatsunori MASATANI; Yoshifumi NISHIKAWA; Xuenan XUAN

doi:10.1292/jvms.13-0028

Parasitology

Molecular Detection of Theileria Species in Sheep from Northern China

Shinuo CAO, Shoufa ZHANG, Lijun JIA, Shujiang XUE, Longzheng YU, Ketsarin KAMYINGKIRD, Paul Franck Adjou MOUMOUNI, Ahmed Abd El Moniem MOUSSA, Mo ZHOU, Yuanming ZHANG, Mohamad Alaa TERKAWI, Tatsunori MASATANI, Yoshifumi NISHIKAWA, Xuenan XUAN

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Shinuo CAO
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
Shoufa ZHANG
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural College of Yanbian University, Yanji, Jilin 133000, China
Lijun JIA
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural College of Yanbian University, Yanji, Jilin 133000, China
Shujiang XUE
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural College of Yanbian University, Yanji, Jilin 133000, China
Longzheng YU
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural College of Yanbian University, Yanji, Jilin 133000, China
Ketsarin KAMYINGKIRD
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
Paul Franck Adjou MOUMOUNI
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
Ahmed Abd El Moniem MOUSSA
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
Mo ZHOU
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
Yuanming ZHANG
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
Mohamad Alaa TERKAWI
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
Tatsunori MASATANI
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
Yoshifumi NISHIKAWA
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
Xuenan XUAN
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan

Keywords: China, ovine Theileria spp., sheep, Theileria luwenshuni

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2013 Volume 75 Issue 9 Pages 1227-1230

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.13-0028

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Abstract

Ovine theileriosis is a tick-borne disease that restricts the development of small ruminant husbandry in northern China. In this study, we report on a molecular epidemiological survey of ovine Theileria spp. in 198 blood samples taken from sheep in northern China. The DNA samples were screened by a nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting the 18S rRNA gene of ovine Theileria spp. The prevalence of ovine Theileria spp. in Yanji, Nongan, Longjing, Toudao and Jinchang was 80%, 40%, 37%, 24% and 32%, respectively. The sequencing analyses approved the present of the T. orientalis and/or T. luwenshuni in these regions. Taken together, we have demonstrated a high incidence of Theileria spp. in northern China that calls for the need to design effective control programs for ovine theileriosis.

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