sequence was obtained from Ixodes tasmani Neumann but could not be confidently identified at the genus level. Eight novel piroplasm and Hepatozoon species were identified and described in native ticks and named as follows: Babesia lohae n. Unexpectedly, the exotic tick-borne pathogen Hepatozoon canis James, 1905 was identified in an Ixodes holocyclus Neumann tick from a dog in QLD. Theileria orientalis Yakimov & Sudachenkov, 1931 genotype Ikeda was detected in three Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann ticks from dogs in New South Wales. vogeli was identified in two Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille ticks from dogs residing in the Northern Territory and Queensland (QLD). using conventional PCR and Sanger sequencing. Ticks ( n = 711) removed from dogs ( n = 498), cats ( n = 139) and horses ( n = 74) throughout Australia were screened for piroplasms and Hepatozoon spp.
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