Isolation and transmission of Theileria mutans (Chisamba) in Zambia.
Theileria mutans (Chisamba) was isolated from a steer at Chisamba, Central Province, Zambia by inoculation of blood into a susceptible unsplenectomised calf. The parasite was then transmitted on three occasions by nymphs and once by adult Amblyomma variegatum ticks. Macroschizonts, typical for T mutans, were detected in two calves for short periods. The parasite caused varying degrees of anaemia in all experimental calves, whose sera showed high antibody titres to T mutans in the indirect fluorescent antibody test.
D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009758:Nymph / Q000469:parasitology; D013801:Theileriasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D013987:Ticks / Q000469:parasitology*; D015024:Zambia