Table 1.

The nucleotide sequence of primers, from the hypervariable region V4 of the 18S rRNA gene of piroplasms Babesia and Theileria (Shayan and Rahbari 2007)

Name	Nucleotide sequence	Accession no.	PCR product (bp)
S1	5′cacagggaggtagtgacaag3′	Hypervariable region V4 OF 18S rRNA (Schnittger et al. 2004)	389–402 bp (Babesia)
S2	5′aagaatttcacctatgacag3′	AJ006446	426–430 bp (Theileria)