Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management of Anaplasmosis in Caprines Puvarajan B.1,*, Ronald B.S.M.2, Reetha T. Lurthu3, Selvaraj P.4 Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Orathanadu, Thanjavur-614625 (Tamil Nadu) 1Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai 2Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai 3Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Medicine 4Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Medicine *Corresponding author. E-mail: vetpuva@gmail.com
Online published on 4 May, 2019. Abstract The study was undertaken to understand the prevalence of Anaplasmosis in caprine population, its diagnosis, hematological values and its management. A total of 65 blood smears were collected from goats and 20 were confirmed for Anaplasmosis by staining with Giemsa-Leishman cocktail combination. The affected caprines had history of severe anemia with pale mucous membrane with watery blood. The prevalence of Anaplasma marginale was confirmed and correlated with hematological values of infected goats such as packed cell volume 22.85+ 0.80%; hemoglobin-6.70+0.14 g/dl; red blood cell count-6.72 + 0.40 x 106/μl; leukocyte count-11.58 + 0.38 x 103/μl; MCV-35.73 + 1.39 fl; MCH-10.58 + 0.33 pg and MCHC-28.70 + 0.77 g/dl. Top Keywords Anaplasmosis, Anaplasma marginale, giemsa-leishman staining. Top |