Table-1.

Baseline features of included studies.

Animal	No. of examined	No. of positive	Species	Laboratory method	Place (province)	References
Sheep	1000	92	T. lestoquardi	Microscopy	Fars	[12]
Buffalo	2700	82	T. annulata	Microscopy	Khouzestan	[13]
Cattle	372	216	T. annulata	Microscopy	Razavi Khorasan	[14]
Sheep	300	29	T. lestoquardi	Microscopy	Lorestan	[15]
Cattle	390	15	Theileria	Microscopy	Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari	[16]
Sheep	300	39	Theileria	Microscopy	Mazandaran	[17]
Cattle	124	61	Theileria	ELISA	West Azerbaijan	[18]
Sheep	200	7	Theileria spp.	Microscopy	Mazandaran	[19]
Sheep	840	100	Theileria spp.	Microscopy	South Khorasan	[20]
Cattle	600	34	T. annulata	Microscopy	Sistan and Baluchestan	[21]
Cattle	252	26	T. annulata	Microscopy	Sanandaj	[22]
Cattle	NR	NR	T. annulata	Semi-nested PCR	Tehran, Fars, Sistan, and Baluchestan	[23]
Sheep	150	71	Theileria spp., T. ovis, T. lestoquardi	PCR	Sistan and Baluchestan	[24]
Sheep	100	60	Theileria spp., T. lestoquardi	PCR	South Khorasan	[25]
Cattle	160	110	Theileria spp., T. annulata	Microscopy	Razavi Khorasan	[26]
Sheep	100	56	T. ovis, T. lestoquardi	PCR	East and South-East provinces	[27]
Sheep	470	21	T. lestoquardi, T. ovis	PCR	10 various regions of Iran	[28]
Sheep	220	181	T. lestoquardi, T. ovis	PCR and microscopy	5 various regions in eastern half of Iran	[24]
Cattle	160	16	T. annulata and T. orientalis	Semi-nested PCR	Golestan	[29]
Sheep	200	11	T. ovis	Microscopy	West Azerbaijan	[30]
Cattle	100	22	T. annulata	IFAT	West Azerbaijan
Cattle	160	20	T. annulata	PCR	Golestan	[31]
Cattle			T. annulata	PCR-RFLP	Kurdistan and West-Azerbaijan	[32]
Cattle	200	63	T. annulata	Microscopy	Kerman	[33]
Sheep	250	101	T. lestoquardi and T. ovis	Nested PCR	Western half of Iran (Sari, Rasht, Urmia, Ilam, and Ahvaz)	[7]
Cattle	52	19	T. annulata	PCR-RFLP	Azerbaijan	[34]
Cattle	52	30	T. annulata	PCR-RFLP	Kurdistan and Kermanshah
Cattle	1202	706	T. annulata	PCR	Isfahan, Khuzestan, Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad and Lorestan	[35]
Cattle	160	34	T. orientalis and T. annulata	Semi-nested PCR	Golestan	[36]
Sheep	165	9	T. annulata and T. ovis	PCR	Tehran	[37]
Sheep	568	73	Theileria spp.	Microscopy	Ilam	[38]
Sheep	100	12	Theileria spp.	Microscopy	Lorestan	[39]
Sheep	300	6	Theileria spp.	Microscopy	Tehran	[40]
Sheep	100	46	T. ovis and T. annulata	Semi-nested PCR	Fasrs	[41]
Sheep	90	68	T. ovis and T. lestoquardi	Semi-nested PCR	North Khorasan	[42]
Sheep	452	295	T. ovis, T. lestoquardi and T. annulata	Semi-nested PCR	Razavi Khorasan	[43]
Cattle	176	42	Theileria spp.	PCR	Isfahan	[44]
Cattle	270	20	T. annulata	PCR	Yazd, North Khorasan and Mazandaran	[45]
Horses	165	47	T. equi	PCR	Khuzestan	[46]
Horses	240	41	T. equi	PCR	West Azerbaijan	[47]{Malekifard, 2014 #2067}{Malekifard, 2014 #2067;Malekifard, 2014 #2067}
Horses	100	53	T. equi	IFAT	North Khorasan	[48]
Horses	205	45	T. equi	PCR	North Khorasan and Yazd	[49]
Sheep	119	106	Theileria spp.	PCR	Khuzestan	[50]
Cattle	150	43	Theileria spp.	PCR	Isfahan	[51]
Donkeys	106	54	T. equi	Multiplex-PCR	North Khorasan	[52]
Cattle	138	13	T. annulata	PCR	Kermanshah	[53]
Horses	59	21	T. equi	PCR	Khuzestan	[54]
Sheep	150	19	T. lestoquardi and T. ovis	PCR	Lorestan	[55]
Cattle	150	84	T. annulata	PCR	Kerman	[56]
Cattle	100	4	T. annulata	PCR	Yazd	[57]
Goats	100	0	Theileria	Microscopy	Razavi Khorasan	[58]
Sheep	80	59	Theileria	PCR	Sistan and Baluchestan	[59]
Cattle	160	60	T. annulata	PCR	Sistan and Baluchestan	[60]
Cattle	138	37	Theileria	Semi-nested PCR	West Azerbaijan	[61]
Goat	400	39	T. lestoquardi	PCR	West Azerbaijan	[62]
Cattle	193	76	T. annulata and T. orientalis	Molecular assays	West Azerbaijan	[63]
Buffalo	291	10
Cattle	51	2	T. lestoquardi and T. annulata	PCR	Khuzestan	[64]
Horse	90	10	T. equi	PCR	Isfahan and Shahrekord	[65]

NR: Not reported, T. lestoquardi=Theileria lestoquardi, T. annulata=Theileria annulata, T. ovis=Theileria ovis, T. orientalis=Theileria orientalis, T. equi=Theileria equi, PCR=Polymerase chain reaction, IFAT=Indirect fluorescent antibody test, ELISA=Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, RFLP=Restriction fragment length polymorphism