title: Theileria orientalis in Iran.
abstract: A benign species of Theileria of cattle in northern Iran proved to be indistinguishable from T. orientalis in the indirect fluorescent antibody test as well as in the morphology of its piroplasms. It was transmissible transstadially by Haemaphysalis punctata.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000941:Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001096:Arachnid Vectors; D002417:Cattle / Q000469:parasitology; D007492:Iran; D013801:Theileriasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D013987:Ticks / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens