Research Article
Molecular Detection of Theileria spp. in Livestock on Five Caribbean Islands
Table 4
The Theileria spp. identified in livestock from five Caribbean islands and their similarity with reported organisms on GenBank.
| | Sequences identified in this study |
Highly similar sequences in GenBank | Mismatch | | Theileria spp. | Number | Source | GenBank # | Source |
| | T. equi | 14 | 8 cattle, 1 goat from Nevis;
1 cow from Dominica;
3 donkeys, 1 sheep from St. Kitts | KF559357 | Horse from China | 0/550 |
| | Theileria sp. OT3 | 11 | 8 sheep, 3 goats from Montserrat | KF470868 | Sheep from China | 0/555 |
| | Theileria sp. NG-2013a | 7 | 6 cattle from Nevis;
1 cow from Dominica | KF597076 | Waterbuck from Kenya | 0/552 |
| | Theileria sp. YW-2014 | 1 | 1 donkey from St. Kitts | AB981984 | Sika deer from Japan | 0/549 |
| | Theileria sp. B15a | 1 | 1 goat from Grenada | JN572700 | Buffalo from South Africa | 0/539 |
| B. vulpes or closely
related organism | 9 | 4 sheep, 4 goats from Montserrat;
1 goat from Dominica | JX454779 | Dog from France | 0/178 |
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