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Babesia ovis infections: Detailed clinical and laboratory observations in the pre- and post-treatment periods of 97 field cases
Veterinary Parasitology · Ocak 2013
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Babesia ovis infections Detailed clinical and laboratory observations in the pre and post treatment periods of 97 field cases
Veterinary Parasitology · 2013 SCI-Expanded 5 atıf
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DergiVeterinary Parasitology
Yayın TarihiOcak 2013
Cilt / Sayfa191 · 35-43
Scopus ID2-s2.0-84869877726
Özet
Ovine babesiosis, caused by Babesia ovis, is of major economic importance in Turkey. The changes in the blood profile of infected animals are informative about the course of infection. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the hematological and biochemical changes in the pre- and post-treatment periods of the natural B. ovis infections. The presence of the parasites was confirmed by microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. On the basis of the clinical and laboratory findings, the infections were categorized into different groups according to the degree of anemia and the level of parasitemia. All infected sheep were treated with imidocarb dipropionate (IMDP). The blood pictures in the pre- and post-treatment periods were compared. Pancytopenia occurred in animals with severe anemia and very high parasitemia, and bicytopenia in the other groups. The platelet count (PLT), plateletcrit (PCT) and mean platelet volume (MPV) returned to the normal ranges after treatment, except those in the group with severe anemia. In the biochemical profile, B. ovis infection caused an increase in blood urea nitrogen and total bilirubin, and these parameters returned to normal levels after treatment. The indirect fluorescein antibody test (IFAT) results showed that 38.1% of the cases raised specific antibodies during the period of infection, with titers ranging from 1/160 to 1/640. All of 45 animals re-examined after treatment were seropositive, with high titers that rose up to 1/5120. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Yazarlar (6)
1
Ferda Sevinc
2
Mutlu Sevinc
3
Özlem Derinbay Ekici
4
Ramazan Yildiz
5
Nermin Isik
6
Ugur Aydogdu
Anahtar Kelimeler
Babesia ovis
Hemato-biochemical and serologic
Microscopic
Observations
Kurumlar
Selçuk Üniversitesi
Selçuklu Turkey
Metrikler
46
Atıf
6
Yazar
4
Anahtar Kelime