canine and ovine tick-borne pathogens in camels, nigeria. | in april 2008, whole blood samples were collected from 36 dromedary camels in sokoto, north-western nigeria. following pcr and reverse line blotting, twenty-two samples (61%) resulted positive for ehrlichia/anaplasma spp. and three (8%) for theileria/babesia spp., with three (8%) cases of co-infections being found. both sequence and blast analyses identified ehrlichia/anaplasma spp. and theileria/babesia spp. positive cases as anaplasma platys and theileria ovis, respectively. this is the first ... | 2016 | 27692338 |