SEROPREVALENCE OF BABESIOSIS IN CATTLE IN MOSUL CITY, IRAQ

H. A. Mohammed; S. D. Hasan; N. G. Fathi; Q. T. Al-Obaidi

SEROPREVALENCE OF BABESIOSIS IN CATTLE IN MOSUL CITY, IRAQ

2020

H. A. Mohammed | S. D. Hasan | N. G. Fathi | Q. T. Al-Obaidi

Babesia bigemina is considered as one of the most remarkable blood protozoa in cattleand mainly transmitted via arthropod. This study was conducted on a random group of cows,they numbered 180 local cows who ranged in age from 3-7 years old, from different localities inMosul city north Iraq, comprising both clinically healthy (n=162) and clinically suspectedinfected animals (n= 18). In this study, indirect-enzyme immunosorbent Assay (I-ELISA) wasused to detect of babesia antibodies known as B. bigemina in the blood serum. Then, the bloodand biochemical information that existed from both groups was analyzed, so that the two of themare compared with the control group (n=15). The result showed that the overall seroprevalence ofB. bigemina in cows was 74/180 (41.1%) for clinical and subclinical cows were 10% and 31.1%respectively. The subclinical infected cows was statistically higher than that of clinically infected(P<0.05). Clinically infected cows were suffering from acute onset of the disease includes fever,anorexia, emaciation, drooping in milk yield, jaundice and hemoglobinuria,, with significanthematological and biochemical parameters alterations. While, subclinically infection cowsappeared healthy with absence of changes in blood and biochemistry tests as compared to controlgroups. It has been concluded that significant cases were diagnosed suffering from acuteinfection with the B. bigemina with higher prevalence of subclinical cases in Mosul city, Iraq.

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