1Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar-125 004, Haryana, India
*Corresponding Author: Hardeep Kalkal, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, International Institute of Veterinary Education and Research, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar-125 004, Haryana, India, Email: kalkal12hardeep@gmail.com
Online Published on 11 June, 2025.
Buxtonellosis is a disease caused by intestinal ciliated protozoan Buxtonella sulcata. This intestinal ciliate may result in subclinical infection or clinical disease including diarrhoea, so systematic epidemiology investigation was done in and around Haryana.
Total of 800 faecal samples were collected in year 2016-2017 by multi-stage stratified random sampling from buffaloes of Haryana. Effect of age (1-6 and >6 months), sex (male and female), floor (Kutcha and Pukka), clinical manifestation (Diarrhoea and non-diarrhoea) and season were studied.
In total 477 (59.12%) buffaloes were infected with B. sulcata in Haryana. According to sex, 68.27% male and 56.35% female were infected with B. sulcata, respectively. Age-wise prevalence in 1-6 months and above 6 months was 60.75% and 57.5%, respectively. Prevalence of infection on Katcha and Pakka floor was 65.85% and 56.13% respectively, with a significant difference. Buffaloes with diarrhoea were more likely to be B. sulcata positive (85%) than the buffaloes without diarrhoea (46.66%) with a significant difference. Buffaloes were having more infection in monsoon (78.18%) followed by summer (58.36%) and winter (38.13) with a significant difference. Animals having diarrhoea with intensity of infection above 10 (+++) cyst/trophozoites were 89.40% (+++) followed by 6-10 (++) cyst/trophozoites 63.50% and 1-5 (+) cyst/trophozoites 39.98%.
Buffaloe, Buxtonella sulcata, Katcha and Pakka floor
