A Review about Prevalence of Babesia Spp in Ruminants in Iraq

Babesiosis is a protozoan parasite disease produced by several strains of Babesia. It is a severe tick-borne infection that affects both wild and domestic animals, as well as people in warm temperature regions. So far, more than one hundred Babesia spp had discovered in mammals. This paper include the review about the prevalence of Babesia species in ruminants throughout Iraqi governorates and this depended on Iraqi researches that have been published in different International and local journals , and this study reported a wide variation in parasite infection rates due to a variety of factors, including host availability, the presence of parasite transmission vectors as well as hosts, the age and breed of the host, environmental conditions, and different parasite diagnosis methods, all of which contribute to variation in the prevalence infection rate in Iraq.