Molecular Detection of Anaplasmosis in Crossbred Cattle

Authors

  • Vandna Bhanot Asstt. Disease Investigation Officer, Disease Investigation Laboratory, Ambala, Department of Veterinary public health and epidemiology, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and animal Sciences, Hissar,
  • Naresh Jindal Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar , Haryana, India

Keywords:

Anaplasmosis, Cattle, Hematology, Molecular diagnosis, PCR

Abstract

Bovine anaplasmosis is an infectious, non-contagious, tick-borne disease of domestic as well as wild ruminants caused by obligate  intraerythrocytic parasites of family Anaplasmataceae and genus Anaplasma. Fifty blood samples were collected from crossbred cattle  in a dairy farm with a history of a drastic decrease in milk yield and fever in a few animals. Six (12%) samples showed characteristic  Anaplasma organisms when stained with Giemsa's stain, whereas 19 (38%) samples were found positive for A. marginale by PCR assay.  Low hemoglobin and total erythrocyte count were observed, whereas an increase in total leucocyte count was noted in Anaplasma affected animals compared to healthy animals at the same farm. 

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2022-09-19

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Vol. 18 No. 2 (2022): The Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology (IJVSBT) (Apr- Jun) 2022

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Bhanot, .V., & Jindal, .N. (2022). Molecular Detection of Anaplasmosis in Crossbred Cattle. Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology, 18(2), 109–112. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/ijvsbt/article/view/2179