Canine and ovine tick-borne pathogens in camels, Nigeria
| dc.contributor.author | Lorusso, Vincenzo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wijnveld, Michiel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Latrofa, Maria S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fajinmi, Akinyemi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Majekodunmi, Ayodele O. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dogo, Abraham G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Igweh, Augustine C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Otranto, Domenico | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jongejan, Frans | |
| dc.contributor.author | Welburn, Susan C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Picozzi, Kim | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-15T05:53:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-15T05:53:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In April 2008, whole blood samples were collected from 36 dromedary camels in Sokoto, Northwestern Nigeria. Following PCR and reverse line blotting, twenty-two samples (61%) resulted positive for Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. and three (8%) for Theileria/Babesia spp., with three (8%) cases of co-infections being found. Both sequence and BLAST analyses identified Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. and Theileria/Babesia spp. positive cases as Anaplasma platys and Theileria ovis, respectively. This is the first report of the detection of A. platys and T. ovis in camels from sub-Saharan Africa. The epidemiological relevance of this finding is enhanced by the close living of these animals with both dogs and small ruminants. The high prevalence detected for A. platys suggests a possible role of camels as carriers of this infection. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Veterinary Tropical Diseases | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | hb2017 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The UK Department for International Development (DFID) under the umbrella of the ‘Stamp Out Sleeping Sickness (SOS) Programme’, the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) under the ‘Combating Infectious Diseases in Live-stock for International Development’ (CIDLID) scheme, and the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no 221948, Integrated Control of Neglected Zoonoses (ICONZ). | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.elsevier.com/locate/vetpar | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lorusso, V, Wijnveld, M, Latrofa, MS, Fajinmi, A, Majekodunmi, AO, Dogo, AG, Igweh, AC, Otranto, D, Jongejan, F, Welburn, SC & Picozzi, K 2016, 'Canine and ovine tick-borne pathogens in camels, Nigeria', Veterinary Parasitology, vol. 228, pp. 90-92. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0304-4017 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1873-2550 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.08.014 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59431 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Anaplasma platys | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Theileria ovis | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Camelus dromedarius | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Camel | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Tick-borne diseases | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Nigeria | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Canine and ovine tick-borne pathogens in camels, Nigeria | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |