Table 4.

Tick-borne hemoparasites detected in cattle (n = 154) from Ngong-farm in Kenya

Pathogen species detected	Positive cattle (%)
One pathogen
B. bovis	8 (5.2)
B. bigemina	22 (14.3)
T. parva	3 (1.9)
T. velifera	2 (1.3)
A. marginale	12 (7.8)
Two pathogens
B.bigemina + T. parva	3 (1.9)
B.bigemina + A. marginale	11 (7.1)
A. marginale + T. parva	1 (0.6)
A. marginale + Theileria sp. (buffalo)	1 (0.6)
A. marginale + T. taurotragi	1 (0.6)
B.bovis + B. bigemina	2 (1.3)
B.bovis + A. marginale	1 (0.6)
T. parva + T.velifera	5 (3.2)
T. parva + T.mutans	1 (0.6)
Three pathogens
B.bovis + B. bigemina + A. marginale	2 (1.3)
B. bovis + T. parva + T. ovis	1 (0.6)
B.bigemina + T. parva + T. mutans	3 (1.9)
B. bigemina + T. parva + T. velifera	4 (2.6)
B. bigemina + T. parva + T. ovis	1 (0.6)
B. bigemina + T. taurotragi + T. mutans	1 (0.6)
B. bigemina + T. taurotragi + T. parva	4 (2.6)
B.bigemina + A. marginale + T. taurotragi	1 (0.6)
B.bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva	1 (0.6)
A. marginale + T. parva + T. taurotragi	2 (1.3)
A. marginale + T. parva + T. velifera	4 (2.6)
A. marginale + T. parva + T. orientalis	2 (1.3)
A. marginale + T. parva + T. mutans	1 (0.6)
Four pathogens
B. bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva + T. taurotragi	1 (0.6)
B. bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva + T. ovis	1 (0.6)
B. bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva + T. mutans	3 (1.9)
Five pathogens
B.bovis + B. bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva + T.orientalis	1 (0.6)
B.bovis + B. bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva + T. mutans	2 (1.3)
B.bovis + B. bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva + T. taurotragi	1 (0.6)
B.bovis + B. bigemina+ + A. marginale + T. parva + T. velifera	1 (0.6)
Total	110 (71.4)