Detection of Theileria Equi Antibodies in Grazing Horses from The Western Border Area of Xinjiang, China

Bayin Chahan

doi:10.26717/bjstr.2019.23.003939

Abstract

Ruiqi Song, Huercha, Xinli Fan, Min Li, Xuejie Zhai, Mengyuan Zhang, Jingjing Song, Yang Zhang, Yongchang Li, Wei Zhang, Bayin Chahan* and Qingyong Guo* Author Affiliations Department of animal parasitlogical, College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, China Received: November 29, 2019 | Published: December 06, 2019 Corresponding author: Bayin Chahan, Department of animal parasitlogical, College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China Qingyong Guo, Department of animal parasitlogical, College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2019.23.003939

Highlights

To research the epidemiological situation of Theileria equi in the horse herds in the west of Xinjiang Province, 317 serum samples collected from 6 counties and districts tested for T. equi through recombination EMA1ELISA
The parasite and their natural tick vectors are endemic to most countries with tropical and subtropical climates where it causes significant economic loss to the horse industry [7], According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, there were about 112 million horses in the world in 2013, which about 90% of the equine species were found in endemic areas of Piroplasmosis [8]
ELISA test indicated that all of six counties existed the T. equi infection, the highest prevalence was recorded in Kalasu(E) as 67.9%. the lowest prevalence was recorded in Akesu county(F) as 9.1%

Summary

Introduction

To research the epidemiological situation of Theileria equi in the horse herds in the west of Xinjiang Province, 317 serum samples collected from 6 counties and districts tested for T. equi through recombination EMA1ELISA. We found that 85 of 317 serum samples (26.8%) were positive for T. equi infection.

Results

Conclusion