Prevalence of haemoprotozoa in cattle of Mizoram, India
2020
Ghosh, Subhamoy | Patra, Gautam | Kumar Borthakur, Sonjoy | Behera, Parthasarathi | Tolenkhomba, T.C. | Deka, Abhijit | Kumar Khare, Ravi | Biswas, Papia
The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of haemoprotozoa in cattle of Mizoram from April 2017 to March 2018. The prevalence was studied in relation to age, sex breed of animals and seasonal changes in a year. Random blood samples were collected from both organized farms and unorganized cattle farms. A total of 1,153 cattle were screened and out of which 384 (33.30%) cattle were found to be positive for haemoprotozoa. Significantly (p < 0.05) higher infection was observed in female cattle (33.67%) than males (28.73%). Age-wise highest prevalence of haemoprotozoa was found in 1–5 years (44.33%) age group followed by > 5 years age group (25.06%) and < 1 year (22.92%) age group, respectively. Seasonally, the prevalence of haemoprotozoa was found highest in monsoon (51.29%) and lowest in winter (15.09%). The present study provides data on haemoprotozoa in cattle of Mizoram, India.
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