Detection of Theileriaovis in vector ticks by Polymerase Chain Reaction method (PCR) in Lorestan province

Subject Areas : Veterinary Clinical Pathology

naser hoghoughirad ¹ , saeed hashemi ² , mohammad abdigoudarzi ³

1 - دانشگاه آزاداسلامی،،واحدعلوم وتحقیقات،استاددانشکده علوم تخصصی دامپزشکی،گروه پاتوبیولوژی، تهران،ایران.
2 - دانشگاه آزاداسلامی، واحدعلوموتحقیقات، دانشکده علوم تخصصی دامپزشکی،گروه پاتوبیولوژی،تهران،ایران.
3 - موسسه تحقیقات واکسن و سرم‌سازی رازی، استادیارگروه انگلشناسی وبیماری‌های انگلی،کرج، ایران.

Received: 2013-01-21 Accepted : 2013-11-10 Published : 2013-08-23

Keywords: Iran, Lorestan, polymerase chain reaction, Theileriaovis,

Abstract :

   Theileriosis is caused by an  intracellular protozoan  that causes great economical losses  to animal husbandry in different regions of Iran . The present study was done in order to identify of Theileriaovis in hard ticks in Lorestanprovince . Amongst five different regions in Lorestan, and during the April-to-july period of the year 2012, 265 cases of hard ticks were collected from the ear and the body surface and 100 blood smears from ear veins of anemic and feverish sheep. DNA extraction was done from the salivary glands of collected ticks and PCR test was performed using a pair of 520 bp specific primer of SSurRNA gene of T. ovis . The microscopic examinations of blood smears showed that 12 samples of blood smears ( 12 %) contained the piroplasmic forms of Theileriaspcies. The PCR revealed that 37 out of 152 Rhipicephalussanguineus (24/34 % ) were positive for T. ovisgenum including 21 female (13/81%)  and 16 male (10/52%) ticks while the other ticks were not  infected by this parasite. Out of total of 265 tick samples, R.sanguineus was highest (38.35%)  and Haemaphysalispunctatahad the lowest (3/01%)  frequencies. Regarding the vast distribution of   R.sanguineus in the area, it seems that this tick may be the main vector of  T.ovis  in Lorestan  province, Iran.

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