Current status of equine piroplasmosis in the Sudan

Salim, Bashir; Bakheit, Mohammed A.; Kamau, Joseph; Sugimoto, Chihiro

doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2013.02.008

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“…Previous studies on donkeys have reported a wide range in the value of (sero)prevalence, this particular study was on the higher side of the range reported. Reported T. equi true (sero)prevalence in donkeys range from approximately 2 to 85% (Turnbull et al, 2002;Chahan et al, 2006;Acici et al, 2008;Machado et al, 2012;Garcia-Bocanegra et al, 2013;Gizachew et al, 2013;Salim et al, 2013) and was similar to the work of Hawkins et al (2015) who found a prevalence of 72% (95% CI: 60.4-81.0%) using PCR. Scrutiny of prevalence values from previous studies is, however, limited due to their unique study designs and the effect of external factors such as husbandry (Kouam et al, 2010a;Garcia-Bocanegra et al, 2013).…”

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“…Data from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) between 2012 and 2013 A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t indicate that up to 33 countries reported the disease . In Africa, the disease has been reported in horses and donkeys from Sudan (Salim et al, 2008;Salim et al, 2013), donkeys from Ethiopia (Gizachew et al, 2013) and horses from South Africa (Bhoora et al, 2010a), Tunisia (Ros-Garcia et al, 2013) and Nigeria (Garba et al, 2011). In Kenya, equine piroplasmosis was suspected but not confirmed according to the reports submitted to the OIE in 2005.…”

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A field survey for the seroprevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in donkeys from Nuu Division, Kenya

Oduori

Onyango²,

Kimari³

et al. 2015

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

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Equine piroplasmosis is one of the most significant tick-borne disease of equids. The prevalence of this disease in donkeys of semi-arid Kenya remains largely unexplored. The primary objective of this study was to demonstrate the extent to which donkeys in Nuu division, Kenya have been exposed to the haemoprotozoans Babesia caballi and Theileria equi, the causative agents of equine piroplasmosis. The study also assessed the effect of age and sex on seroprevalence. A stratified sampling approach was used and three hundred and fourteen donkeys were sampled across nine sub-locations in Nuu division, Mwingi district. Serodiagnosis was via competitive inhibition enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (cELISA). The seroprevalence of T. equi was 81.2% (95% CI: 76.4-85.4). There was no significant difference in sub-location seropositivity, gender seropositivity or age related seropositivity. Antibodies against B. caballi were not detected (95% CI: 0-1.2). Findings from this study suggest that T. equi infection is endemic in Nuu division, Mwingi where it exists in a state of endemic stability. Existence of the infection should be communicated to animal health practitioners and donkey owning communities in the area.

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A field survey for the seroprevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in donkeys from Nuu Division, Kenya

Oduori

Onyango²,

Kimari³

et al. 2015

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

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“…Based on the present results, camel could be a source of infection for the coherded equines and vice versa, because camels are found to be infected by equine piroplasms including Babesia caballi and Theileria equi [6, 8]. Thus, camels should be considered in the epidemiology of equine piroplasmosis [9, 10]. …”

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“…Both Babesia caballi and Theileria equi were molecularly confirmed in camels from Iraq [6] using PCR. Therefore, equines are supposed to play an important role in the epidemiology of camel piroplasmosis because they are usually found to be infected with the same piroplasms species [9, 10]. …”

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Microscopic and Molecular Detection of Camel Piroplasmosis in Gadarif State, Sudan

Ibrahim

Kadle²,

Nyingilili

2017

Veterinary Medicine International

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The socioeconomic importance of camels (Camelus dromedarius) could not be neglected in the Sudan. The present study was planned to confirm the presence of piroplasmosis in camels from the Eastern region of the Sudan (Gedarif State) using microscopical (blood film) and molecular technique (PCR). A total of 55 camels of different sexes (34 females and 21 males) were sampled from four localities of the state between January 2011 and January 2012. The prevalence rates using parasitological and molecular examinations were 43.6% and 74.5%, respectively. The prevalence rates significantly vary between the localities (p = 0.011) but not between the different sexes (p = 0.515). PCR technique showed higher sensitivity than microscopy. The present paper was to be the first report investigating camel piroplasmosis using both parasitological and molecular methods in the Eastern region of the Sudan. Further studies in the phylogenetic sequencing are to be continued for parasite speciation. Moreover, studies on the clinical and economic consequences of camel piroplasmosis are recommended.

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“…In recent years, many surveillance studies of equine piroplasmosis have been reported in many countries all over the world, such as Korea, Mongolia, Venezuelan, Tunisia, Sudan, Italy, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Texas of U.S.A. [1, 3, 7, 10, 13,14,15,16,17,18]. In China, B. caballi and T. equi were documented in Heilongjiang Province as early as 1943 [25].…”

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Epidemiological Investigation of Equine Piroplasmosis in China by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays

Wang

Guo

Igarashi

et al. 2014

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

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The objective of this study is to investigate the seroprevalence of equine piroplasmosis in China. A total of 1990 sera were collected from clinically healthy horses in various districts located in ten different provinces of China and examined by using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) with recombinant Theileria equi (T. equi) merozoite antigen 2 (rEMA-2) and Babesia caballi (B. caballi) 48-kDa rhoptry protein (rBc48), respectively. The results showed that 1,018 (51.16%) and 229 (11.51%) samples were positive for B. caballi and T. equi infection, respectively. The number of samples with mixed infection was 152 (7.64%). These results indicated that equine piroplasmosis was widespread in China.

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Current status of equine piroplasmosis in the Sudan

Cited by 24 publications

References 16 publications

A field survey for the seroprevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in donkeys from Nuu Division, Kenya

A field survey for the seroprevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in donkeys from Nuu Division, Kenya

Microscopic and Molecular Detection of Camel Piroplasmosis in Gadarif State, Sudan

Epidemiological Investigation of Equine Piroplasmosis in China by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays

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