The mechanically transmitted haemoflagellate, Trypanosoma evansi causes 'surra', a wasting disease of domestic animals and is highly endemic in distribution in Southeast Asia. The detection of T. evansi is important for improving the epizootiological and animal health status of the region. The specificity and sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using oligonucleotide primers constructed from T. evansi repetitive DNA sequences were studied in the present investigation. Using the assay, it was possible to amplify template DNA of T. evansi derived from buffaloes, camels and horses to a threshold sensitivity level of 0.5 pg and to detect DNA from as few as five organisms in 10 microliters crude blood samples. Following experimental infection of calves with 5 x 10(5) T. evansi, positive signals could be observed as early as 12 h post-infection. DNAs from two common haemoflagellates of cattle, Babesia bigemina and Theileria annulata were not amplified with the primers.
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