Table 1.

Distribution and frequency (%) of piroplasm species.

	RLB		Microscopy
Piroplasm species	N	%	N pos (anal) a	%
T. buffeli	101	38.4
T. annulata	15	5.7
Total single infections with Theileria spp.	116	44.1	50 (111)	19.8
B. bovis	6	2.2
B. bigemina	0	0.0
B. divergens	1	0.4
B. major	5	1.9
TOTAL single infections with Babesia spp.	12	4.5	3 (11)	1.2
T. annulata + T. buffeli	2	0.8
T. annulata + T. buffeli + B. bigemina	2	0.8
T. annulata + B. bigemina	3	1.1
T. buffeli + B. bigemina	2	0.8
T. buffeli + B. divergens	2	0.8
T. buffeli + B. major	3	1.1
TOTAL mixed infections	14	5.4	10 (13)	3.9
NEGATIVE	121	46.0	10 (118)	3.9
TOTAL analysed	263		253

^a, number of samples positive by microscopy examination (Theileria spp. or Babesia spp.) of the total number of samples analysed within each group of RLB-identified species.