1Department of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary College, NAU, Navsari, Gujarat, India
2Department Veterinary Clinical Complex, Veterinary College, SDAU, Sardarkrushinagar, Gujarat, India
3Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex, Veterinary College, NAU, Navsari, Gujarat, India
4Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Veterinary College, NAU, Navsari, Gujarat, India
5Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College, NAU, Navsari, Gujarat, India
*Corresponding author: S. Mavadiya; E-mail: dr_svmavadiya@yahoo.co.in
Online Published on 21 September, 2022.
Equine piroplasmosis is considered a notifiable disease of worldwide significance and endemic in many countries of the world. This study was designed for the sero-detection of equine piroplasm and to investigate the associated risk factors of EP. A total 295 horse’s serum samples were screened for T. equi and B. caballi infection by cELISA and result of the study indicated that 62.71% of horses having presence of antibodies by cELISA. Sero-prevalence of piroplasmosis in horses was found significantly (P<001) associated with different breeds of horses whereas non-significant difference was observed between age and sex of the horse. Highly significant (P<0.01) difference was observed in horses rear in pacca house and tick control adopted by owner for prevention of EP as compared to horses rear in kachcha house and ticks control not adopted by horse owner whereas significant (P<0.05) difference noticed in presence of tick infestations and absence of tick infestations on body of horses. Moreover, there was no any significance differences observed in presence of equine piroplasmosis from organized farm and unorganized farm, horses kept with other animal species and horses kept without other animals.
• Pacca house and tick control strategies may reduce the incidence of piroplasmosis in horses.
• Age, sex and breed have no relationship with occurrence of equine piroplasmosis.
Horse, Theileria equi, Babesia caballi, Celisa
