Studies on theileriosis in goats from Karnataka, South India.

A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of theileriosis in goats from southern districts of Karnataka. Out of 47 goat blood samples examined by microscopy, 68.08% (32/47) were positive for spp. The parasitemia ranged from 1.0 to 1.8 and 0.1-0.9% in clinical and carrier animals respectively. Out of 325 ticks collected from goats, 92.6 (301) and 7.38 (24)% of the ticks were found to be and respectively. (90.15%) was found to be the predominant species followed by (6.7%), (1.84%), (0.61%) and (0.61%). The present study indicated that caprine theileriosis is an endemic disease in Karnataka and suggested that and ticks may play a role in transmission of the disease.