BACKGROUND A reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediate produced during an inflammatory response is the important part of host-defense strategies of organisms to kill the parasite. However, it is not well known whether these intermediates cause DNA damage and oxidative stress in goats infected with Babesia ovis. The purpose of this study was to clarify the effects of babesiosis on basal levels o...

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of Babesia ovis infection in adult Rhipicephalus bursa and small ruminants in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Blood samples were collected from 280 sheep and 122 goats of forty randomly selected flocks. Specific B. ovis fragment was detected in 67 animals (16.7%), of which 52 animals (18.6%) were sheep and 15 animals (12.2%) goats (P < 0.05). Of the 848...

background : small ruminants’ babesiosis caused by babesia ovis, is transmitted during blood feeding by infected ticks and is the most economically important tick-borne disease in tropical and subtropical areas. this study was carried out to to estimate the infection rate of b. ovis in sheep and goats by pcr. we have analysed risk factors that might influence infection of sheep and goats with b...

studies on the pathogenesis of babesia ovis infection following blood transfusion of infected blood to sheep with intact spleen and splenectomised sheep showed that all animals developed fever concurrent with a parasitaemia that were occurred within 2-4 days post-inoculation (dpi), clinical signs of disease were severe and included varying degrees of anorexia, listlessness, anaemia, moderate ja...

background: babesia is blood-tissue parasite, which are transmitted by hard ticks from ixodidae family. the parasite is the cause of babesiosis among ruminants. babesia is as one of main fatal factors among livestock in endemic regions such as iran. the aim of this study was to investigate babesia spp infection using microscopic and molecular methods among small ruminants in mazandaran and gole...

background: a reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediate produced during an inflammatory response is the important part of host-defense strategies of organ-isms to kill the parasite. however, it is not well known whether these intermediates cause dna damage and oxidative stress in goats infected with babesia ovis . the pur-pose of this study was to clarify the effects of babesiosis on basal leve...

background: rhipicephalus sanguineus and hyalomma marginatum are the most common spe­cies in sheep herds in northeast of iran. there is preliminary evidence that these species may be the vectors of babesia ovis in iran. we carried out two experiments in mashhad area, khorasan razavi province to determine whether b. ovis could be transovarially transmitted by r. san­guineus and h. marginatum . m...

babesia ovis plays an important role in causing anemia and kidney dysfunction in affected animals. there are few extensive studies about hematological and biochemical findings of small ruminants' babesiosis caused by b. ovis. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of babesiosis on some hematological and biochemical parameters in infected small ruminants with b. ovis. a total of 280 sh...

  The activity and efficacy of Iranian synthesized imidocarb dipropionate (imidorazi) has been tested against Babesia ovis infection in experimentally and naturally affected sheep. The results indicated that the drug is effective and could be used for treatment of sheep and goats babesiosis. The effectiveness of imidorazi is also similar to the imizol (imidocarb dipropionate) imported from abroad.

BACKGROUND Babesia ovis and Theileria ovis are among the important and main etiological agents causing ovine babesiosis and ovine theileriosis, causing severe economic losses among sheep and goats. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and molecular diagnosis of B. ovis and T. ovis in Lohi sheep at Livestock Experiment Station Bahadurnagar, Okara, Pakistan. METHODS The ...