Prevalence of parasitic infections in cattle of Ludhiana district, Punjab

A total of 862 cattle were sampled for both haematological (703) and coprological (159) investigations at the Large Animal Clinics, GADVASU, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Examination of Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smears exhibited that 22.9 % (161/703) of cattle were infected with haematozoa comprisi...

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Published in:Journal of parasitic diseases 2012-10, Vol.36 (2), p.256-259
Main Authors: Singh, N. K, Singh, Harkirat, Jyoti, Haque, M, Rath, S. S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anaplasma marginale
Babesia bigemina
Balantidium coli
blood
cattle
coccidiosis
Eimeria
Fasciola
gastrointestinal system
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Infectious Diseases
males
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
mixed infection
Original
Original Article
parasites
Strongylidae
Theileria annulata
Trichuris
Trypanosoma evansi
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Summary:A total of 862 cattle were sampled for both haematological (703) and coprological (159) investigations at the Large Animal Clinics, GADVASU, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Examination of Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smears exhibited that 22.9 % (161/703) of cattle were infected with haematozoa comprising Theileria annulata (14.65 %), Trypanosoma evansi (0.28 %), Babesia bigemina (1.56 %) and Anaplasma marginale (8.53 %) while mixed infection appeared in 2.13 % (15/703) animals. The prevalence of total haemoparasites and A. marginale infections were significantly higher (p 
ISSN:0971-7196
0975-0703
DOI:10.1007/s12639-012-0119-y