Survey of Theileria parasite infection in cattle in Cambodia and Vietnam using piroplasm surface protein gene-specific polymerase chain reaction.
A survey of Theileria parasite infection in cattle in Cambodia and Vietnam was carried out by using allele-specific polymerase chain reaction. A total of 137 blood samples from draught animals in Cambodia and 40 blood samples from dairy cattle in Vietnam were analyzed. In Cambodia, 69 out of 137(50.4%) samples were PCR-positive containing mainly the Thai and the C type parasites. In Vietnam, 11 (27.5%) samples were positive and all were of the Thai type parasite.
Inoue
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Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Van Nguyen
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Meas
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Ohashi
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Sen
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Sugimoto
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Onuma
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D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002160:Cambodia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016794:Theileria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013801:Theileriasis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology
D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C085175:piroplasm surface protein p32, Theileria sergenti