Experiments in Transmission of Theileriasis and Anaplasmosis of Sheep through Ticks Ornithodoros lahorensis and Haemaphysalis sulcata

Authors

P. A. Bitukov, Veterinary Institute, Kazfiliala Vashnil

Date of this Version

1953

Document Type

Article

Citation

Trud. Akad. Nauk. Kazakhskoi SSR, Inst. Zool., (1953) 1: 30-36.

NAMRU-3 Translation 3 (T3).

Translation from Russian.

Department of Medical Zoology

United States Naval Medical Research Unit no. 3

c/o American Embassy

Cairo, Egypt

Comments

U.S. government work.

Abstract

First paragraph:

In conducting inspection of sheep on haemosporidiosis in some districts of South-Kazakhstankoi region, we repeatedly observed theileriasis and anaplasmosis of sheep.

Note: Numerous other experimental data in this paper are omitted from the present translation. This report is of special interest because it establishes the role of an argasid tick as a vector of blood protozoa. Translation made and distributed by Medical Zoology Department, U. S. Naval Medical Research Unit no. 3, Cairo, Egypt.