Molecular prevalence and phylogeny of Anaplasma marginale, Anaplasma ovis and Theileria ovis in goats and sheep enrolled from a hill station in Punjab, Pakistan

• Muhammad Arif ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Muhammad Arif, Suleman Saeed, Ahsan Bashir

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

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• Suleman Saeed ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Muhammad Arif, Suleman Saeed, Ahsan Bashir

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

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• Ahsan Bashir ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Muhammad Arif, Suleman Saeed, Ahsan Bashir

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Farooq,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5932-1982

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• Nasreen Nasreen,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan

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• Adil Khan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Botany and Zoology, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Asif,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Asif Khalil,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

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• Maryam Ijaz,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

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• Hira Muqaddas ,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Validation

  * E-mail: hira.6385@wum.edu.pk (HM); furhan.iqbal@bzu.edu.pk (FI); hlmarkc@gmail.com (C-CC)

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, The Women University Multan, Pakistan

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• Naunain Mehmood,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Sargodha, Pakistan, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7852-9113

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• Furhan Iqbal ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hira.6385@wum.edu.pk (HM); furhan.iqbal@bzu.edu.pk (FI); hlmarkc@gmail.com (C-CC)

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4996-0152

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• Chien-Chin Chen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hira.6385@wum.edu.pk (HM); furhan.iqbal@bzu.edu.pk (FI); hlmarkc@gmail.com (C-CC)

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Cosmetic Science, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan, Ph.D. Program in Translational Medicine, Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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