Molecular Detection of Theileria ovis , Anaplasma ovis, and Rickettsia spp. in Rhipicephalus turanicus and Hyalomma anatolicum Collected from Sheep in Southern Xinjiang, China

Molecular Detection of Theileria ovis , Anaplasma ovis, and Rickettsia spp. in Rhipicephalus turanicus and Hyalomma anatolicum Collected from Sheep in Southern Xinjiang, China

The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) borders eight countries and has a complex geographic environment. There are almost 45.696 million herded sheep in Xinjiang, which occupies 13.80% of China's sheep farming industry. However, there is a scarcity of reports investigating the role of...

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Published in:Pathogens (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 8; p. 680
Main Authors: Li, Yongchang, Li, Jianlong, Xieripu, Gulaimubaier, Rizk, Mohamed Abdo, Macalanda, Adrian Miki C, Gan, Lu, Ren, Jichao, Mohanta, Uday Kumar, El-Sayed, Shimaa Abd El-Salam, Chahan, Bayin, Xuan, Xuenan, Guo, Qingyong
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 11-08-2024
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Subjects:
Anaplasma
Anaplasma ovis
Arachnids
Cloning
Farms
Hyalomma anatolicum
Infections
Livestock farming
Parasitic diseases
Pathogens
Phylogenetics
Rhipicephalus turanicus
Rickettsia
Sheep
Theileria
Theileria ovis
Tick-borne diseases
Ticks
Xinjiang
Beijing China
Mongolia
Pakistan
China
Tajikistan
India
Hyalomma anatolicum
China
Theileria ovis
Anaplasma ovis
Rhipicephalus turanicus
Rickettsia
Xinjiang
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Summary:The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) borders eight countries and has a complex geographic environment. There are almost 45.696 million herded sheep in Xinjiang, which occupies 13.80% of China's sheep farming industry. However, there is a scarcity of reports investigating the role of sheep or ticks in Xinjiang in transmitting tick-borne diseases (TBDs). A total of 894 ticks (298 tick pools) were collected from sheep in southern Xinjiang. Out of the 298 tick pools investigated in this study, ( ) and ( ) were identified through morphological and molecular sequencing. In the southern part of Xinjiang, 142 (47.65%), 86 (28.86%), and 60 (20.13%) tick pools were positive for spp., spp., and spp., respectively. Interestingly, the infection rate of spp. (73%, 35.10%, and 28.56-41.64%) was higher in pools than in pools (4%, 4.44%, and 0.10-8.79%) in this study. Fifty-one tick pools were found to harbor two pathogens, while nineteen tick pools were detected to have the three pathogens. Our findings indicate the presence of spp., spp., and spp. potentially transmitted by and in sheep in southern Xinjiang, China.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:2076-0817
2076-0817
DOI:10.3390/pathogens13080680