Table 1 The prevalence of tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) in yaks and Tibetan sheep on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP)
TBPs | Prevalence (%) of TBPs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yaks | Tibetan sheep | Total | |||||||
Guoluo | Yushu | Total | Guoluo | Yushu | Total | Guoluo | Yushu | Total | |
(n = 210) | (n = 215) | (n = 425) | (n = 183) | (n = 126) | (n = 309) | (n = 393) | (n = 341) | (n = 734) | |
Anaplasma ovis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 (72.1) | 30 (23.8) | 162 (52.4) | 132 (33.6) | 30 (8.8) | 162 (22.1) |
Anaplasma bovis | 13 (6.2) | 14 (6.5) | 27 (6.4) | 92 (50.3) | 1 (0.8) | 93 (30.1) | 105 (26.7) | 15 (4.4) | 120 (16.3) |
Anaplasma capra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 (84.2) | 19 (15.1) | 173 (56.0) | 154 (39.2) | 19 (5.6) | 173 (23.6) |
Anaplasma phagocytophilum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 (15.8) | 31 (24.6) | 60 (19.4) | 29 (7.4) | 31 (9.1) | 60 (8.2) |
Babesia bovis | 5 (2.4) | 15 (7.0) | 20 (4.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1.3) | 15 (4.4) | 20 (2.7) |
Theileria spp. | 6 (2.9) | 8 (3.7) | 14 (3.3) | 120 (65.6) | 8 (6.3) | 128 (41.4) | 126 (32.1) | 16 (4.7) | 142 (19.3) |