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Cerebral babesiosis in a riverine buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and its successful therapeutic management |
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| Creator | 1. Vikrant Sudan 2. Sharma, R.L. 3. Borah, M.K. 4. Yadav, R. |
| Title | Cerebral babesiosis in a riverine buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and its successful therapeutic management |
| Publisher | International Buffalo Information Centre, Office of The University Library, Kasetsart University, Bangkok (Thailand) |
| Publication Year | 2556 |
| Journal Title | Buffalo Bulletin |
| Journal Vol. | 32 |
| Journal No. | 4 |
| Page no. | 245-252 |
| Keyword | Murrah buffaloes,Bubalus bubalis,Cerebral babesiosis,Babesia bovis,Nervous signs,Diminazine aceturat,India |
| ISSN | 1256726 |
| Abstract | Babesiosis has long been recognized as persistent major constraint restricting the cross border movement and export of highyielding buffalo breeds from their native homelands to the advanced countries. The disease accounts for high mortality, poor growth and lower productivity of the bubaline host. A she Murrah buffalo, aged 2 years and weighing approximately 300 kg, owned by a person from a weaker section of the society, suffered from critically high temperature (110 deg F),ruminal hypotonocity (1/3 minutes), anorexia, aggressiveness, grinding of teeth, corneal opacity, cessation of defaecation, abducted hind limbs, icterus, and mild anaemia. She was observed repeatedly making to and fro movements. Clinical and haematological findings coupled with the presence of Babesia bovis piroplasms in the circulating erythrocytes made us infer that the animal was suffering from the cerebral form of babesiosis. The buffalo promptly responded the speci fic therapy and successfully restored normal haematological indices and erythrocytes free from the piroplasms. Differential diagnosis of "cerebral babesiosis" vis-a-vis bovine diseases exhibiting analogous neurological signs has been discussed. This seems to be the pioneer documentation of "cerebral babesiois" in a buffalo from the semi-arid enzootic areas of the Indian subcontinent. |
