Table 1 Babesia species infect cattle and water buffalo in China

B. bovis

2.0 × 1.5

Severe

Cattle, water buffalo, yak, white yak

R. microplus, R. annulatus (N), R. geigyi (N)

[3, 10, 16, 101]

B. bigemina

4.5 × 2.0

Moderately severe

Cattle, water buffalo, white yak

R. microplus, R. decoloratus (N), R. annulatus (N), R. geigyi (N), R. evertsi (N)

[3, 9, 10, 16, 102]

B. orientalis

1.2–1.5 × 2.0–2.6

Severe

Water buffalo

R. haemaphysaloides

[20, 22, 23, 26]

B. ovata

3.2 × 1.7

Benign

Cattle, white yak

H. longicornis

[3, 29, 31]

B. major

2.6–3.7 × 1.5

Benign

Cattle, water buffalo

H. punctata

[34, 41]

B. U sp. Kashi

1.5–5.0 × 1.2–3.0

Benign

Cattle

Hy. anatolicum

[4, 44]

B. motasi

2.5–4.5 long

Moderately severe

Ovine

cattle

H. punctata, R. bursa

[11, 47, 48]

B. venatorum

Unknown

Unknown

White yak

I. persulcatus, I. ovatus

[3]

B. divergens^a

1.5–2 × 0.4

Moderately severe

Human, ovine

I. ricinus (N), I. persulcatus

[61, 62]

B. occultans^a

2.9 × 1.2

Benign

No report in host, but detected in ticks in China

D. nuttalli, Hy. asiaticum

[65, 66]