Determination of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Infection with Babesia ovis in Small Ruminants from West Azerbaijan Province, Iran by Polymerase Chain Reaction

• Main Authors: Bijan Esmaeilnejad (Author), Mousa Tavassoli (Author), Siamak Asri-Rezaei (Author), Bahram Dalir-Naghadeh (Author), Karim Mardani (Author), Mostafa Golabi (Author), Jafar Arjmand (Author), Ali Kazemnia (Author), Ghader Jalilzadeh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...