Background Theileria equi is a tick borne protozoan parasite which causes piroplasmosis among equines worldwide. The present study was aimed to determine seroprevalence of T. equi in donkeys, horses, and mules from two equine populated districts (Peshawar and Charsadda) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan. Methods A total of 393 equine (195 horses, 194 donkeys and 4 mules) serum samples wer...

a full account, I shall write in some detail on its discovery, history, aetiology and symptoms; bringing the information up to date of writing this report (22nd February 1904). I had noticed many cases of chronic irregular pyrexia, with enlargement of the spleen and occasionally of the liver, bronchitis, oedema of the feet subcutaneous haemorrhages chiefly 0f the petechial type, diarrhoea of a ...

Equine piroplasmosis is a tick-transmitted protozoan disease caused by Theileria equi and/or Babesia caballi. In the present study, we expressed a 53kDa protein from the truncated EMA-2 gene of T. equi (Indian strain) and developed EMA-2ELISA using this expressed protein. This ELISA is able to detect T. equi-specific antibodies in experimentally infected animals as early as 9 days post-infectio...

the possible existence of equine piroplasmosis was investigated in the province of quezon, philippines. blood samples of 269 horses from selected municipalities of quezon province were gathered. parasitological test namely blood parasite examination was employed and the test yielded negative results for the presence of the parasite. similarly, polymerase chain reaction assay was performed using...

The equine piroplasmosis caused by Theileria equi is one of the most important parasitic diseases of the equine, causing damage to animal health and economic losses. In T. equi, 2 merozoite surface proteins, equi merozoite antigen EMA-1 and EMA-2, have been identified as the most immunodominant antigens. This suggests that these antigens might be used as immunobiological tools. The EMA-1 of The...

Medical records of equine after-hours admissions from 1998 to 2007 are reviewed. Data extracted from the medical records included signalment, reason for admission, pre-admission treatment, clinical presentation, procedures performed, final diagnoses, complications occurring in hospital, length of stay and outcome. Eight hundred and twenty after-hours admissions were available of which 75% were ...

Equine piroplasmosis is a clinically significant widespread tick borne disease affecting equine population. Thus, this study aims to describe the clinical signs, correlation between the developed anemias and mineral status along with the lipid peroxidation product Malondialdehyde (MDA) in naturally occurring T. equi infected horses in Egypt. Twentyfive horses of different age and sex were invol...

In order to investigate the prevalence of tick-borne diseases, equine piroplasmosis, equine granulocytic anaplasmosis and Lyme borreliosis in Central Italy, blood samples from 300 horses were analyzed for the presence of antibodies against Babesia caballi, Theileria equi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi using the IFAT. The blood samples were also subjected to PCR assays in or...