Abstract
The experimental transmission of a recently designated Theileria uilenbergi pathogenic for sheep and goats in Northern China is described. Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis nymphs and adults developed from larvae and nymphs engorged on sheep infected with T. uilenbergi were able to respectively transmit the latter to sheep. However, when H. longicornis ticks picked up T. uilenbergi either at larval or nymphal, only the subsequent adult could transmit the parasites to sheep, the subsequent nymph could not transmit the parasites to sheep. This experiment suggested that the T. uilenbergi could be transmitted by at least two species of Haemaphysalis sp. ticks, H. longicornis and H. qinghaiensis, and the mode of transmission is stage to stage.
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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (№ 30800820; № 30571397), Supporting Plan (2007BAD40B00), “863” Project (2006AA10A207), the National Natural Resource Platform Project (2005DKA21100), Specific Fund for Sino-Europe Cooperation, MOST, China; Key project of Gansu Province (0801NKDA033), Lanzhou, Gansu, China, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology Project (SKLVEB2008ZZKT019) and National Public Interests Research Institute Basic scientific Research Expenses Special Fund Project (BRF080303). The research was also facilitated by SSA-income Projects, ICTTD 3 and EPIZONE of European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. The authors would like to thank for his critical correction of this manuscript.
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Li, Y., Luo, J., Guan, G. et al. Experimental transmission of Theileria uilenbergi infective for small ruminants by Haemaphysalis longicornis and Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis . Parasitol Res 104, 1227–1231 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-009-1347-7
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