INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue: 1

Primaquine Phosphate for Therapeutic Management of Feline Babesiosis -A Case Report

  • Author:
  • P. Abinaya1,, K. Rajkumar2, A. Abiramy Prabavathy2, P. Vijayalakshmi3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 257 to 258

1Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (RIVER), Mettupalayam, Puducherry -605009

2Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (RIVER), Mettupalayam, Puducherry -605009

3Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (RIVER), Mettupalayam, Puducherry -605009

*Corresponding author. E-mail: drabibvsc994@gmail.com

Online published on 17 January, 2022.

Abstract

A cat was presented with anorexia, vomiting and diarrhoea for past three days. Clinical examination revealed pale mucous membrane and swollen popliteal lymph nodes. Hemotology revealed severe anemia, thrombocytopenia and neutropenia. Blood smear examination revealed presence of Babesia sp. organisms. Mild elevation of AST and ALT were noticed. The cat was treated initially with Doxycycline. Later, Primaquine phosphate was administered once orally as a total dose of 1mg/cat along with Inj. Ranitidine 0.5 ml. i.m. The cat recovered uneventfully.

Keywords

Anemia, Babesia sp, Cat, Primaquine phosphate