Summary
Nymphs of Hyalomma impeltatum and H. dromedarii, fed as larvae on an infected calf transmitted fatal Theileria annulata infection to two susceptible calves. The significance of these findings is discussed in relation to the epidemiology of tropical theileriosis in the Sudan.
Notes
Present address: UNDP/FAO Project ZAM/77/002, ‘Animal Disease Control’, P.O. Box 30563, Lusaka, Zambia.
Present addres: International Laboratory for Research on animal Diseases, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya.