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Nested PCR assays were used for the amplification of specific genes encoding B. bovis rhoptry-associated protein (RAP-1), B. bigemina SpeI-AvaI restriction fragment, and Anaplasma marginale major surface protein 5 (MSP5). Using DNA sequencing and BLASTn analysis for DNA homology hemoparasite identification, the identities of the hemoparasites were established by comparing the nucleotide sequences obtained in this study with those available in the GenBank database at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Water buffalo infection with at least one of the hemoparasites under study was detected in 45% (105\/233) of the blood samples, while a mixed infection with B. bovis and B. bigemina was detected in 6.4% (15\/233) of samples. For this cross-sectional study, mixed infections with the three hemoparasites were not detected. BLASTn analysis revealed that the nucleotide sequences of the water buffalo isolates shared sequence identity values ranging from 88 to 100% with previously published gene sequences of B. bovis, B. bigemina, and A. marginale. 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