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Maltese-Cross inclusions suggestive of Theileria spp. found in erythrocytes of Tapirus terrestris (indicated by the red arrow). Visualization was made by using a light microscope (1000×), during blood smear examination. The animal (ID: PO-P) was positive in a PCR protocol that amplify a fragment of approximately 1500 bp of the 18S rRNA gene from piroplasmids [23,24] in the present study.
