First molecular evidence of the transplacental transmission of Theileria annulata.
Bovine tropical theileriosis (BTT) is a serious hindrance in the cattle upgradation programme using the exotic germplasm. There is a wide range of variations in the pathobiology alongside clinical symptoms of the animals suffering from BTT. The present paper communicates the first report about the transplacental transmission of T. annulata in a cross bred 2-day old calf. T. sergenti, T. lestoquardi and T. equi are known to undergo transplacental transmission, but baring a single citation in literature, there are no records about the transplacental transmission of T. annulata.
College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, U. P. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura, 281001, India, viks.sudan@gmail.com.
Vikrant
V
Sudan
Shanker Kumar
SK
Singh
Amit Kumar
AK
Jaiswal
Rahul
R
Parashar
Daya
D
Shanker
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002417:Cattle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000662:veterinary*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D016796:Theileria annulata / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013801:Theileriasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*