Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue: 1

Concurrent infection of Babesia bigemina and Theileria annulata in Holstein Friesian cow: A case report

  • Author:
  • Harkirat Singh, N.K. Singh, N. Chand1, S. Deshmukh2, Jyoti , Raj Sukhbir Singh3, S S Rath
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 82 to 83

1Department of Veterinary Medicine, Ethics & Jurisprudence

2Department of Veterinary Pathology

3Department of Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex

Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, 141 004, India

*Corresponding author, E-mail: drharkiratsingh@hotmail.com

Online published on 9 December, 2011.

Abstract

A case of concurrent infection of Babesia bigemina and Theileria annulata was diagnosed in Holstein Friesian cow presented at Large Animal Clinics, GADVASU, Ludhiana (Punjab) by routine Giemsa stained blood smear examination and was successfully treated with diminazene aceturate and halofuginone.

Keywords

Babesia bigemina, Concurrent infection, Theileria annulata, Treatment