Table 1 Oligonucleotide probes used to detect tick-borne pathogen species in caracals (Caracal caracal)

Order Rickettsiales

 Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. catch all

GGG GGA AAG ATT TAT CGC TA

[63]

 Ehrlichia canis

TCT GGC TAT AGG AAA TTG TTA

[106]

 Ehrlichia ruminantium

AGT ATC TGT TAG TGG CAG

[63]

 Anaplasma bovis

GTA GCT TGC TAT GRG AAC A

[62]

 Anaplasma centrale

TCG AAC GGA CCA TAC GC

[63]

 Anaplasma chaffeensis

ACC TTT TGG TTA TAA ATA ATT GTT

[63]

 Anaplasma marginale

GAC CGT ATA CGC AGC TTG

[63]

 Anaplasma phagocytophilum

TTG CTA TAA AGA ATA ATT AGT GG

[62]

 Anaplasma sp. Omatjenne

CGG ATT TTT ATC ATA GCT TGC GCT

[63]

Order Piroplasmida

 Theileria/Babesia spp. catch all

ATT AGA GTG TTT CAA GCA GAC

Nijhof (unpublished)

 Theileria spp. catch all

ATT AGA GTG CTC AAA GCA GGC

[107]

 Babesia spp. catch all 1

ATT AGA GTG CTC AAA GCA GGC

Nijhof (unpublished)

 Babesia spp. catch all 2

ACT AGA GTG TTT CAA ACA GGC

Nijhof (unpublished)

 Theileria annae (= Babesia vulpes)

CCG AAC GTA ATT TTA TTG ATT G

[108]

 Theileria annulata

CCT CTG GGG TCT GTG CA

[60]

 Theileria bicornis

GCG TTG TGG CTT TTT TCT G

[109]

 Theileria buffeli

GGC TTA TTT CGG WTT GAT TTT

[110]

 Theileria equi

TTC GTT GAC TGC GYT TGG

[111]

 Theileria lestoquardi

CTT GTG TCC CTC CGG G

[112]

 Theileria mutans

CTT GCG TCT CCG AAT GTT

[60]

 Theileria ovis

TGC GCG CGG CCT TTG CGT T

[62]

 Theileria parva

GGA CGG AGT TCG CTT TG

[60]

 Theileria separata

GGT CGT GGT TTT CCT CGT

[112]

 Theileria sp. buffalo

CAG ACG GAG TTT ACT TTG T

[113]

 Theileria sp. kudu

CTC CAT TGT TTC TTT CCT TTG

[114]

 Theileria sp. sable

GCT GCA TTG CCT TTT CTC C

[114]

 Theileria taurotragi

TCT TGG CAC GTG GCT TTT

[60]

 Theileria velifera

CCT ATT CTC CTT TAC GAG T

[60]

 Babesia bicornis

TTG GTA AAT CGC CTT GGT

[109]

 Babesia bigemina

CGT TTT TTC CCT TTT GTT GG

[60]

 Babesia bovis

CAG GTT TCG CCT GTA TAA TTG AG

[60]

 Babesia caballi

GTT GCG TTK TTC TTG CTT TT

[115]

 Babesia canis

TGC GTT GAC GGT TTG AC

[115]

 Babesia divergens

ACT RAT ATC GAG ATT GCA C

[115]

 Babesia felis

TTA TGC GTT TTC CGA CTG GC

[16]

 Babesia gibsoni

TAC TTG CCT TGT CTG GTT T

[108]

 Babesia lengau

CTC CTG ATA GCA TTC

[45]

 Babesia leo

TTA TGC TTT TCC GAC TGG C

[16]

 Babesia microti

GRC TTG GCA TWC TCT GGA

[115]

 Babesia occultans

CCT CTT TTG GCC CAT CTC GTC

[116]

 Babesia rossi

CGG TTT GTT GCC TTT GTG

[115]

 Babesia sp. sable

GCG TTG ACT TTG TGT CTT TAG C

[64]

 Babesia vogeli

AGC GTG TTC GAG TTT GCC

[61]