Molecular Epidemiological Survey of Theileria orientalis in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam

Altangerel KHUKHUU; Dinh Thi Bich LAN; Phung Thang LONG; Akio UENO; Yan LI; Yuzi LUO; Alan Caine Costa de MACEDO; Kotaro MATSUMOTO; Hisashi INOKUMA; Shin-Ichiro KAWAZU; Ikuo IGARASHI; Xuenan XUAN; Naoaki YOKOYAMA

doi:10.1292/jvms.10-0472

Parasitology

Molecular Epidemiological Survey of Theileria orientalis in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam

Altangerel KHUKHUU, Dinh Thi Bich LAN, Phung Thang LONG, Akio UENO, Yan LI, Yuzi LUO, Alan Caine Costa de MACEDO, Kotaro MATSUMOTO, Hisashi INOKUMA, Shin-Ichiro KAWAZU, Ikuo IGARASHI, Xuenan XUAN, Naoaki YOKOYAMA

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Altangerel KHUKHUU
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Dinh Thi Bich LAN
Institute of Resources Environment and Biotechnology, Hue University
Phung Thang LONG
Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry
Akio UENO
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Yan LI
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Yuzi LUO
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Alan Caine Costa de MACEDO
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Kotaro MATSUMOTO
Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Hisashi INOKUMA
Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Shin-Ichiro KAWAZU
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Ikuo IGARASHI
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Xuenan XUAN
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Naoaki YOKOYAMA
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Keywords: cattle, genotype, MPSP, Theileria orientalis, Vietnam

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2011 Volume 73 Issue 5 Pages 701-705

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.10-0472

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Abstract

Theileria orientalis is a benign bovine protozoan parasite that occasionally causes serious economic loss in the livestock industry. We report the findings of a molecular epidemiological survey of T. orientalis in 94 Vietnamese yellow cattle, 43 water buffaloes, 21 sheep, 21 goats and 85 blood-sucking ticks of cattle in the Thua Thien Hue province of Vietnam. The major piroplasm surface protein (MPSP) gene of T. orientalis was detected using polymerase chain reaction from 13 cattle (13.8%), 11 water buffaloes (25.6%), 1 sheep (4.8%) and 9 ticks (10.6%). Phylogenetic analysis using MPSP gene sequences showed the presence of seven genotypes, four previously categorized genotypes (Types 1, 3, 5 and 7) and three new genotypes (Types N-1, N-2 and N-3).

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