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A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of theileriosis in goats from southern districts of Karnataka. Out of 47 goat blood samples examined by microscopy, 68.08% (32/47) were positive for Theileria spp. The parasitemia ranged from 1.0 to 1.8 and 0.1–0.9% in clinical and carrier animals respectively. Out of 325 ticks collected from goats, 92.6 (301) and 7.38 (24)% of the ticks were found to be Haemaphysalis and Rhipicephalus respectively. Hemaphysalis kutchensis (90.15%) was found to be the predominant species followed by R. haemaphysaloides (6.7%), H. intermedia (1.84%), H. bispinosa (0.61%) and R. sanguineus (0.61%). The present study indicated that caprine theileriosis is an endemic disease in Karnataka and suggested that Haemaphysalis and Rhipicephalus ticks may play a role in transmission of the disease.
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R Shruthi, PM Thimmareddy, GS Mamatha, BM Chandranaik—Conceived, designed the study and analysed the samples. R Shruthi, GS Mamatha—Executed the experiment. All authors interpreted the data, critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual contents and approved the final version.
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Shruthi, R., Thimmareddy, P.M., Mamatha, G.S. et al. Studies on theileriosis in goats from Karnataka, South India. J Parasit Dis 41, 1082–1085 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-017-0937-z
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