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Figure 1 . Map of Australia indicating where sampling was
carried out and detailing the number of animals sampled by jurisdiction
and the deer species, chital deer (Axis axis ), rusa deer
(Rusa timorensis ), sambar deer (Rusa unicolor ) and fallow
deer (Dama dama ). Sample size is reported for whole blood samples
only.
Figure 2 . PCR amplification of the 18S rRNA gene fromBabesia bovis (1409bp), Neospora caninum (400bp),Sarcocystis gigantea (400bp), Theileria orientalis(1409bp), Toxoplasma gondii (400bp), Trypanosoma brucei(950bp), and cytochrome b gene from Plasmodium falciparum (750
bp).