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ArticleThe Korean journal of parasitology2018

The First Case of Diarrhoea in Tibetan Sheep, Ovis aries, Caused by Balantidium coli in the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau Area, China.

Ying-Na Jian, Ge-Ping Wang, Xiu-Ping Li, Xue-Yong Zhang, Li-Qing Ma

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Ying-Na JianState Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining City, 810016, Qinghai Province, P. R. China.
Ge-Ping WangState Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining City, 810016, Qinghai Province, P. R. China.
Xiu-Ping LiState Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining City, 810016, Qinghai Province, P. R. China.
Xue-Yong ZhangState Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining City, 810016, Qinghai Province, P. R. China.
Li-Qing MaState Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining City, 810016, Qinghai Province, P. R. China.

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National Wool-purpose Sheep Industry Technology System Project CARS-39-06BResearch and Demonstration of Diagnosis and Prevention and Control Technology of Major Diseases of Livestock 2017-NK-110
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Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the pathogen-causing diarrhoea in sheep Ovis aries in the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau Area, China. A trophozoite was identified as species of ciliate alveolates infecting the sheep based on morphological characteristics examined by microscope. It was mostly spherical, colourless and transparent, with many vesicles. Macronucleus and contractile vacuoles could not be distinguished. Size of the trophozoite was 80-180 × 70-150 μm and its surface was covered with cilia. Molecular analysis based on sequences of 18S rRNA and ITS genes confirmed the ciliate species as Balantidium coli. According to the literature, there have been many epidemiological investigations of B. coli infection in pigs, monkeys and humans. To our knowledge, this was the first report of B. coli infections in sheep in the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau Area of China, or eleswhere around the world. Importantly, the sheep case was rare but raised our concern that B. coli may spread across species and expand its host range.

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AnimalsBalantidiasisBalantidiumCluster AnalysisDiarrheaDNA, ProtozoanDNA, RibosomalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerMaleMicroscopyPhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 18SSequence Analysis, DNASheepSheep DiseasesSheep, DomesticDNA, ProtozoanDNA, RibosomalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerRNA, Ribosomal, 18SBalantidium coliChinamolecular methodmorphological characteristicsQinghai Tibetan Plateausheep

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PMCPMC6327202

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