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*1, OMM Thekisoe2, PD Kasaija1, SD Kerfua1, GW Nasinyama3, J Opuda-Asibo4, N Inoue51. National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI), P.O Box 96, Tororo (Uganda); 2. Department of Zoology and Entomology; 3. Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, P.O Box 7062 (Uganda); 4. Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs) Kyambogo University, P.O Box 1, Kyambogo (Uganda); 5. National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555 (Japan)* Corresponding author email: halidkirunda@gmail.com