Prevalence of blood parasites in cows in Savadkouh city during 1395-1396

Subject Areas : Large Animal Diseases

Jafar Hossienzadeh ¹ , Mohammad Reza Youssefi ² , sasjad khaksar ³

1 - Young researchers and Elite club, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran
2 - Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran.
3 - Graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Azad University of Babol

Received: 2018-07-10 Accepted : 2018-10-02 Published : 2018-09-23

Keywords: Cow, Blood parasites, Savadkouh city,

Abstract :

Protozoan parasites of pyroplasma are the important pathogens of domestic animals and wildlife. These organisms, due to the illness and death of domestic animals, and the importance of the transfer of some of its genus and species to humans, cause many economic and health damages around the world it turns out. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of parasites on 210 cows with suspected jaundice in spring and summer of 1395-96 in Savadkouh city. After the clinical examination and observation of clinical signs such as fever, enlargement of the lymph nodes, pallor or jaundice of the animals, suspected jaundice were considered, and blood dilatation from the vein was made to examine the parasites. The blood plate was extracted with 96-degree methanol and stained with Giemsa colored lab and examined by optical microscope. The results of this study showed that 10.47% of the tested cows were infected with Theileria and 6.67% infected with Babesia and 1.9% infected with Anaplasma. In this study, 2 cases (0.9%) of Theileria and Anaplasma and 8 cases (81.3%) were associated with Theileria and Babesia infection. Therefore, in view of the presence of blood parasites in the region of the cows and the importance of arthropods in their transmission, it is possible to combat these arthropods in order to control the above-mentioned contaminations, in addition to treating suspected contaminated animals.