| genetic diversity of theileria orientalis in tick vectors detected in hokkaido and okinawa, japan. | in the present study, we investigated the possible tick vectors that can transmit theileria orientalis in eastern hokkaido, japan. questing ticks collected from three different districts, taiki, otofuke, and shin-hidaka, of hokkaido included ixodes persulcatus, haemaphysalis megaspinosa, haemaphysalis douglasi, and ixodes ovatus, while all the ticks collected from yonaguni island of okinawa were identified as haemaphysalis longicornis. when the ticks were screened by polymerase chain reaction (p ... | 2012 | 22824416 |
| epidemiological survey of theileria orientalis infection in grazing cattle in the eastern part of hokkaido, japan. | theileria orientalis is one of the benign species of theileria that is widely distributed in japan and is sometimes responsible for serious economic losses in the livestock industry. in the present study, we surveyed the current status of t. orientalis infection in grazing cattle in the eastern areas of hokkaido (taiki, otofuke, shintoku, and shin-hidaka districts) using molecular methods, as well as traditional methods, of diagnosis. the genes encoding the major piroplasm surface protein (mpsp) ... | 2009 | 19652482 |