BABESIOSIS
Also known as piroplasmosis, tick fever, red water fever. Parasitize the erythrocytes of a wide range of vertebrate hosts namely
cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, pig, horses, cats, and dogs. They multiply in erythrocytes by binary fissions.
Blood sucking ticks acts as intermediate host or vector.
Babesiabigemina and Babesiabovis are the most prevalent
and important species which affect cattle.
Bosindicus (i.e zebu type cattle)
breeds are relatively resistant because of their resistant to heavy
infestations with ticks.
Clinical signs- fever, listlessness, anorexia, anaemia, jaundice, haemoglobinuria, ascites.
In cattle, diseases is characterized by an acute onset of high fever(106 F) anorexia , depression, weakness, cessation of rumination, and fall in milk yield.
The brick red conjunctiva and
mucous membrane soon becomes extremely pale due to severe anaemia.
In terminal stage there is
fever jaundice and the urine is dark red to brown in colour.
Many severely affected animals
die suddenly after an illness of only 14hrs.
Pregnant animals may abort.
Diagnosis-
Clinical signs and symptoms- Blood smears examinations
Haemagglutination,
agglutination, complement fixation, fluorescent antibody.
Treatment-
Diminazeneaceturate @ 3.5 mg/kg
BW deep i/m
Imidocarb @ 1 mg/kg BW