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This is especially true for the Zen\u00fa ethnic group, whose ancestral territory includes the valleys of the Sin\u00fa and San Jorge rivers, as well as the Caribbean coast around the Gulf of Morrosquillo, in the departments of C\u00f3rdoba and Sucre. The present study examined the prevalence of trypanosomatids and Anaplasma spp. in zebu cattle grazing in seven Zen\u00fa communities in the Sucre department. Of the 110 cattle sampled, 56 (50.9%) tested positive for trypanosomatids. Forty 18S rRNA gene sequences generated showed &gt;99% identity with Trypanosoma theileri, while one sequence demonstrated 99.6% identity with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis; sequencing of the remaining 15 positive samples was unsuccessful. Regarding Anaplasma spp., 96 (87.3%) samples were positive, and the 14 msp4 gene sequences generated displayed &gt;99% identity with Anaplasma marginale. Thus, T. theileri and A. marginale were prevalent in cattle from all Zen\u00fa communities, while Leishmania (Viannia) sp. was found in a cow from the community of La Gallera. Our findings indicate that these agents are common in zebu cattle from Zen\u00fa communities, underscoring the need for preventive measures to reduce the infection burden and potential implications for cattle production in these areas.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/pathogens14040382","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,15]],"date-time":"2025-04-15T03:59:06Z","timestamp":1744689546000},"page":"382","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["First Record of Leishmania (Viannia) sp. and High Prevalence of Anaplasma marginale and Trypanosoma theileri in Zebu Cattle from Zen\u00fa Communities in Northern Colombia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-5972-2773","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Guzm\u00e1n-V\u00e1squez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tropical Biological Research, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, Universidad de C\u00f3rdoba, Monter\u00eda 230002, Colombia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-8944-3817","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lucas Lisboa Nunes","family":"Bonif\u00e1cio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Aggeu Magalh\u00e3es, Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Recife 50740-465, PE, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kamila Gaud\u00eancio da Silva","family":"Sales","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Aggeu Magalh\u00e3es, Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Recife 50740-465, PE, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rafaela Lira Nogueira de","family":"Luna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Aggeu Magalh\u00e3es, Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Recife 50740-465, PE, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Luis Enrique Paternina","family":"Tuiran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology and Chemistry, Faculty of Education and Science, Universidad de Sucre, Sincelejo 700001, Colombia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1496-6274","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Filipe","family":"Dantas-Torres","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Aggeu Magalh\u00e3es, Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Recife 50740-465, PE, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Parodi, A., Valencia-Salazar, S., Loboguerrero, A.M., Mart\u00ednez-Bar\u00f3n, D., Murgueitio, E., and V\u00e1zquez-Rowe, I. 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