1Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals, Bengaluru-560024, Karnataka, India
2Department of Veterinary Parasitology, KVAFSU Regional Campus, Veterinary College, Vidyanagar, Hassan-573201, Karnataka, India
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KFAFSU) Regional Campus, Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bengaluru-560024, Karnataka, India
*Corresponding author. Email: shruthihvk933@gmail.com
Online published on 18 December, 2018.
The prevalence of Theileria spp. infection and ticks was studied in sheep in eight districts of Karnataka (South India). Blood samples and ticks were collected from 110 sheep during a period from March 2015 to February 2016. Microscopic examination of Giemsa stained blood smears revealed Theileria spp. organisms in 53.63% of sheep. The parasitemia ranged between 1.0 to 1.2 and 0.1 to 0.3% in clinical and carrier sheep respectively. Out of 692 ticks collected, Haemaphysalis kutchensis (51.44%) was predominant species followed by Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides (30.20%), H. intermedia (7.36%), H. bispinosa (6.06%) and R. sanguineus (4.91%).
Prevalence, Theileria spp, Ticks, Sheep
