Table 4 Tick-borne hemoparasites detected in cattle (n = 154) from Ngong-farm in Kenya

One pathogen

B. bovis

8 (5.2)

B. bigemina

22 (14.3)

T. parva

3 (1.9)

T. velifera

2 (1.3)

A. marginale

12 (7.8)

Two pathogens

B.bigemina + T. parva

3 (1.9)

B.bigemina + A. marginale

11 (7.1)

A. marginale + T. parva

1 (0.6)

A. marginale + Theileria sp. (buffalo)

1 (0.6)

A. marginale + T. taurotragi

1 (0.6)

B.bovis + B. bigemina

2 (1.3)

B.bovis + A. marginale

1 (0.6)

T. parva + T.velifera

5 (3.2)

T. parva + T.mutans

1 (0.6)

Three pathogens

B.bovis + B. bigemina + A. marginale

2 (1.3)

B. bovis + T. parva + T. ovis

1 (0.6)

B.bigemina + T. parva + T. mutans

3 (1.9)

B. bigemina + T. parva + T. velifera

4 (2.6)

B. bigemina + T. parva + T. ovis

1 (0.6)

B. bigemina + T. taurotragi + T. mutans

1 (0.6)

B. bigemina + T. taurotragi + T. parva

4 (2.6)

B.bigemina + A. marginale + T. taurotragi

1 (0.6)

B.bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva

1 (0.6)

A. marginale + T. parva + T. taurotragi

2 (1.3)

A. marginale + T. parva + T. velifera

4 (2.6)

A. marginale + T. parva + T. orientalis

2 (1.3)

A. marginale + T. parva + T. mutans

1 (0.6)

Four pathogens

B. bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva + T. taurotragi

1 (0.6)

B. bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva + T. ovis

1 (0.6)

B. bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva + T. mutans

3 (1.9)

Five pathogens

B.bovis + B. bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva + T.orientalis

1 (0.6)

B.bovis + B. bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva + T. mutans

2 (1.3)

B.bovis + B. bigemina + A. marginale + T. parva + T. taurotragi

1 (0.6)

B.bovis + B. bigemina+ + A. marginale + T. parva + T. velifera

1 (0.6)

Total

110 (71.4)