THE TAXONOMY OF THE BOVINE THEILERIA SPP

The classification of the benign species of Theileria of cattle is ver y confusing. Representatives of this group of parasites appear worldwi de, and are known as T. sergenti in Japan, T. buffeli in Australia and T. orientalis elsewhere. Consequently, these parasites are frequently referred to as the T sergenti/buffeli/orientalis group. Kozo Fujisaki , Shin-ichiro Kawazu and Tsugihiko Kamio here argue that the Australia n T. buffeli and British T. orientalis belong to one and the same spec ies, and that the Japanese T. sergenti is a separate species.