Journal of Parasitology Research

Research Article

PCR-Based Detection of Babesia ovis in Rhipicephalus bursa and Small Ruminants

Table 1

Association between the presence of B. ovis infection in small ruminants and ticks (R. bursa) and the studied parameters (species of animals, origin of ticks).


	Species of animal			Origin of ticks
	Sheep	Goats	Total	Collected from sheep			Collected from goats			Collected from infected flocks with B.ovis	Collected from noninfected flocks	Total	Collected from dogs of infected-flocks with B.ovis	Collected from dogs noninfected flocks	Total
	Sheep	Goats	Total	Infected sheep with B.ovis	Noninfected sheep	Total	Infected goats with B.ovis	Noninfected goats	Total	Collected from infected flocks with B.ovis	Collected from noninfected flocks	Total	Collected from dogs of infected-flocks with B.ovis	Collected from dogs noninfected flocks	Total

Number	280	122	402	93	206	299	75	138	213	215	297	512	198	138	336
Negative	228 (81.4%)	107 (87.8%)	335	79 (85%)	182 (88.4%)	261 (87.3%)	64 (85.31%)	120 (87%)	184 (86.4%)	156 (72.5%)	289 (97.3%)	445 (87%)	176 (88.8%)	133 (96.4%)	306 (92%)
Positive	52 (18.6%)	15 (12.2%)	67	14 (15%)	24 (11.6%)	38 (12.7%)	11 (14.7%)	18 (13%)	29 (13.6%)	59 (27.5%)	8 (2.7%)	67 (13%)	22 (11.2%)	5 (3.6%)	27 (8%)