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5.
Influence of season, age and breed on prevalence of haemoprotozoan
diseases in cattle of Tamil Nadu, India
- R. Velusamy, N.
Rani, G. Ponnudurai, T. J. Harikrishnan, T. Anna, K. Arunachalam,
K. Senthilvel and P. Anbarasi
Veterinary World, 7(8): 574-578
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2014.574-578
R. Velusamy: Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary
College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal
Sciences
University (TANUVAS), Namakkal - 637 002, Tamil Nadu, India;
velupara@yahoo.com
N. Rani: Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary
College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal
Sciences
University (TANUVAS), Namakkal - 637 002, Tamil Nadu, India;
ranivetpara@rediffmail.com
G. Ponnudurai: Department of Veterinary Parasitology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary
and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Namakkal - 637 002,
Tamil Nadu, India; Ponnuvet@gmail.com
T. J. Harikrishnan: Department of Veterinary Parasitology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary
and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Namakkal - 637 002,
Tamil Nadu, India; tjkrish@rediffmail.com
T. Anna: Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary
College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal
Sciences
University (TANUVAS), Namakkal - 637 002, Tamil Nadu, India; tanna@rediffmail.com
K. Arunachalam: Department of Veterinary Parasitology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary
and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Namakkal - 637 002,
Tamil Nadu, India; hemacha@rediffmail.com
K. Senthilvel: Department of Veterinary Parasitology,
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary
and Animal Sciences
University (TANUVAS), Namakkal - 637 002, Tamil Nadu, India;
kansen@rediffmail.com
P. Anbarasi: Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary
College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal
Sciences
University (TANUVAS), Namakkal - 637 002, Tamil Nadu, India;
anbuvet@yahoo.com
Received: 20-04-2014, Revised: 24-06-2014, Accepted: 01-07-2014,
Published online: 08-08-2014
Corresponding author: R. Velusamy, email: velupara@yahoo.com,
Telephone: +91-9488957030.
Abstract
Aim: To assess the prevalence
of haemoprotozoan diseases in cross-bred and indigenous cattle in
relation to season, age and breed in Western part of Tamil Nadu,
India.
Materials and Methods: A total of 2637 blood smears were
screened for haemoprotozoan diseases and samples were received
from the college hospital and veterinary dispensaries in Western
part of Tamil Nadu, India. Blood smears were stained using
Giemsa's technique and examined under oil immersion.
Results: Microscopic examination of blood smears revealed
an overall prevalence of 16.64 %; of which theileriosis was 13 %,
followed by anaplasmosis 2.64 % and then babesiosis 1.0%. Among
the haemoprotozoan diseases, the prevalence of theileriosis was
significantly (p<0.05) high during summer (14.4%), followed by
moderate in monsoon (13.8%) and less in fair (11.5%) seasons.
However, there was no significant seasonal influence on the
prevalence of babesiosis and anaplasmosis. The data on influence
of breed revealed that there was a significantly (p<0.05) high
prevalence of haemoprotozoan diseases in Holstein Friesian (HF)
and Jersey cross breeds than indigenous breed and the occurrence
of these haemoprotozoan diseases was found to be high among the
age groups of 2-7 years in cross-bred animals and below 2 years in
indigenous animals.
Conclusion: The present study suggests that Western part of
Tamil Nadu is highly endemic for theileriosis and occurrence of
the disease was high during summer. Cross-bred animals aged 2-7
years are highly susceptible to these haemoprotozoan diseases than
indigenous animals.
Keywords: anaplasmosis, babesiosis, cattle, prevalence,
theilerisosis.
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