Table 1.

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers used in this study.

Primer	Sequence 5′-3′	Target Gene	Amplicon Size (bp)	Reference
Bec-UF2	TCGAAGACGATCAGATACCGTCG	T. equi/B. caballi 18S rRNA	400	[21]
Equi-R	TGCCTTAAACTTCCTTGCGAT
Bc9_RAP2F	ACTAGCGACCCCAACGCTACTGAC	B. caballi rap-1	400	[22]
Bc9_RAP2R	TTGGAGCATGAAGTCCTTCAGC
EMA-1F	GCATCCATTGCCATTTCGAG	T. equi ema-1	750	[21]
EMA-1R	TGCGCCATAGACGGAGAAGC
EMA-2F	AATGTTGAGCAAGTCCTTCG	T. equi ema-2	800	[25]
EMA-2R	TTAGTAGAACAAAGCAACGGC