National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Theileriosis is one of the most important arthropod-borne blood protozoan diseases, leading to morbidity and mortality especially in calves, causing considerable economic losses and a major constraint to the dairy industry and causes devastating losses to the livestock worldwide. The causative agent is protozoan parasite of the genus Theileria. The two main species known to affect cattle are Theileria annulata and Theileria parva and is transmitted through tick Hyalomma and Rhipicephalus, respectively. The present paper deals with clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment of bovine theileriosis in the crossbred Sahiwal calf, aged about 1 month. In this case report, the clinical signs observed were; high fever (106.7 ËšF), anorexia, dullness, staggering gait, absence of suckling reflex, slight pale mucus membrane, presence of ectoparasites (ticks), and enlarged pre-scapular lymph nodes. The peripheral blood smear and lymph node smear confirmed the presence of piroplasmic organisms and Koch`s blue bodies respectively. The animal was treated with a single dose of Buparvaquone (Butalex) deep IM, @ 2.5 mg/kg BW, along with supportive therapy.
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