Department of Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science and A.H., Chhattisgarh, Kamdhenu, Vishwavidyalaya, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India
*Corresponding author: SKMaiti; Email: maitisushil_kumar@rediffmail.com
Online published on 7 February, 2017.
The present study was conducted to record the prevalence of Bovine Tropical Theileriosis (BTT) caused by the protoz oan parasite, Theileria annulata in cattle. Animals were screened on the basis of clinical signs like fever, anorexia, with or without superficial ly mph node enlargement, blood smear and ly mph node biopsy examination for presenceSfe//ena annulata. Out of 150 cattle screened, 35 (23.33%) were found to be positive for Tropical theileriosis. The prevalence of Tropical theileriosis was higher in female (25.45%) than male (17.5%). The prevalence of Tropical theileriosis in cattle in respect to age showed highest prevalence (24.34%) in adult cattle of above 3 years age, followed by 23.80% in the age group of 1 to 3 years and 1 4.28% in 0 to 1 y ear. The prevalence of Tropical theileriosis in respect to breed was maximum in HF cross (29.85%) followed by 23.33% in Jersey cross, 15.38% in Sahiwal, and 14.81% in Gir.
Tropical theileriosis, cattle, prevalence
