title: Morphological forms of Trypanosoma evansi from blood of Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) in the Riyadh metropolitan areas.
abstract: Trypanosoma evansi is commonly referred to as haemoflagellate infesting camels and other vertebrates. It is causative agent of number of diseases. T. evansi has several morphological forms. We have detected three forms in the blood of camels, slender, transitional and intermediate. The present study is the first investigation on the morphological forms of T. evansi in Arabian camels in Saudi Arabia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mikky A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Amoudi
authors.forename: Mohamed S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Al-Yousif
authors.forename: Yaser
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Al-Shawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology*; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*