Morphological forms of Trypanosoma evansi from blood of Arabian camel [Camelus dromedarius] in the Riyadh metropolitan areas

ABSTRACT

Trypanosoma evansi is commonly referred to as haemoflagellate infesting camels and other vertebrates. It is causative agent of number of diseases. T. evansi has several morphological forms. We have detected three forms in the blood of camels, slender, transitional and intermediate. The present study is the first investigation on the morphological forms of T. evansi in Arabian camels in Saudi Arabia