Species Theileria mutans (Theiler, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Piroplasma mutans Theiler, A. 1906. Piroplasma mutans (n. sp.) of South African cattle. Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics 19: 292-300.
• Theileria sergenti Yakimoff, V.L. & Dekhetereff, N.A. 1930. Zur Frage über die Theileriose in Ostsibirien. Archiv für Protistenkunde 72: 176-189.

Generic Combinations

• Theileria buffeli (Neveu-Lemaire, 1912). —
  Neveu-Lemaire, M. 1912. Parasitologie des Animaux Domestiques. Paris 1257 pp.
• Theileria mutans (Theiler, 1906). —
  França, C. 1909. Sur la classification des piroplasmes et description des deux formes de ces parasites. Archives de l'Institut Royal de Bactériologie Câmara Pestana 3: 11-18
• Theileria orientalis (Yakimov & Sudachenkov, 1931). —
  Yakimoff, V.L. & Soudatschenkoff, W.W. 1931. Zur Frage der Piroplasmiden der Rinder in Ost-Siberien. Archiv für Protistenkunde 75: 179-190

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Ox (blood, lymph nodes); Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Sheep (blood (exptl. infection)); Haemaphysalis bancrofti Nuttall & Warburton, 1915 [IXODIDAE] Wallaby Tick; Bubalus bubalis (Linnaeus, 1758) [BOVIDAE] Water Buffalo (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Callow, L.L. 1984. Animal Health in Australia. Volume 5. Protozoal and Rickettsial Diseases. Canberra : Aust. Govt. Publ. Service. (Bos taurus; Bubalus bubalis)

Callow, L.L., Parker, R.J., Rodwell, B.J. & Ottley, M.L. 1976. Piroplasmosis in buffaloes and its serological diagnosis based on a homology between buffalo and bovine immunoglobulins. Australian Veterinary Journal 52: 40-41 (Bubalus bubalis)

Callow, L.L. & Hoyte, H.M.D. 1961. Transmission experiments using Babesia bigemina, Theileria mutans, Borrelia sp. and the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus. Australian Veterinary Journal 37: 381-390 (Bos taurus)

Dodd, S. 1910. Diseases in stock. Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture and Stock Queensland 1909-10: 19-22 (Bos taurus)

Dodd, S. 1924. The piroplasmoses of the Pacific regions. Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Science Congress 1923: 1502-1512 (Bos taurus)

Hoyte, H.M.D. 1971. The infectivity of Theileria mutans, Eperythrozoon wenyoni and E. teganodes to sheep and of E. ovis to cattle. British Veterinary Journal 127: lv-lvii (Bos taurus; Ovis aries)

Legg, J. 1933. A brief review of the Piroplasms, with special reference to the types found in Australian redwater. Australian Veterinary Journal 9: 14-19 (Bos taurus)

Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. Part I. Monotremes and marsupials. Part II. Eutheria. Part III. Introduced herbivora and the domestic pig. Part IV. Man. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160 (Bos taurus)

Mackerras, M.J. 1959. The haematozoa of Australian mammals. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 105-135 (Bos taurus)

Mehlhorn, H., Schein, E. & Ahmed, J.S. 1994. Theileria. pp. 217-304 in Kreier, J.P. (ed.). Parasitic Protozoa. San Diego : Academic Press 2. (Bos taurus)

Oteng, A.K. 1972. Development of schizonts directly from the blood piroplasms of the Australian Theileria mutans. British Veterinary Journal 128: 23-25 (Bos taurus)

Riek, R.F. 1982. Epidemiology and transmission of Theileria sp. of cattle in Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal 59: 89-92 (Bos taurus)

Rogers, R.J. & Callow, L.L. 1966. Three fatal cases of Theileria mutans infection. Australian Veterinary Journal 42: 42-46 (Bos taurus)

Seddon, H.R. 1933. A note on piroplasmosis in New South Wales. Australian Veterinary Journal 9: 19-20 (Bos taurus)

Seddon, H.R. 1952. Diseases of domestic animals in Australia. Part 4. Protozoan and viral diseases. Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) Vol. No. 8. (Bos taurus)

Seddon, H.R. & Albiston, H.E. 1966. Diseases of domestic animals in Australia. Part 4. Protozoan and virus diseases. Canberra : Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) Vol. No. 8 2. (Bos taurus; Ovis aries)

Stewart, N.P., DeVos, A.J., McGregor, W. & Shiels, I.A. 1988. Observations on the development of tick-transmitted Theileria buffeli (syn T. orientalis?) in cattle. Research in Veterinary Science 44: 338-342 (Bos taurus)

Stewart, N.P., DeVos, A.J., Shiels, L.A. & Jorgensen, W.K. 1989. Transmission of Theileria buffeli to cattle by Haemaphysalis bancrofti fed on artificially infected mice. Veterinary Microbiology 34: 123-127 (Haemaphysalis bancrofti; Bos taurus)

Thomson, D. 1977. Diseases of water buffalo in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Veterinary Practitioner 7: 50-52 (Bubalus bubalis)

Uilenberg, G., Mpangala, C., McGregor, W. & Callow, L.L. 1977. Biological differences between African Theileria mutans (Theiler 1906) and two benign species of Theileria of cattle in Australia and Britain. Australian Veterinary Journal 53: 271-273 (Bos taurus)

Uilenberg, G., Perie, N.M., Spanjer, A.A.M. & Franssen, F.F.J. 1985. Theileria orientalis, a cosmopolitan blood parasite of cattle: demonstration of the schizont stage. Research in Veterinary Science 38: 352-357 (Bos taurus)

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