Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND HEMATOLOGICAL STUDIES OF ANAPLASMA SPP. IN SHEEP IN MIDDLE PARTS OF IRAQ.

Authors

Ali Hamid Mohammed
Kefah Ouda Salman
https://doi.org/10.33762/bvetr.2016.124315
Abstract
The present study was designed to identify Anaplasma spp. in sheep in middle of Iraq, since 632 local sheep breeds were randomly selected from (Baghdad, Babylon, Wasit, Najaf and Karbala) to examine. Results indicated that different Anaplasma spp. were identified: Anaplasma marginale 75 (11.86%) positive cases, Anaplasma centrale 45 (7.12%) positive cases and Anaplasma ovis 19 (3.01%) positive cases; as well as there were many cases of mixed infection distributed as A. marginale and A. centrale 15 (2.37%) cases, A. marginale and A. ovis 9 (1.42%), A. centrale and A. ovis 4 (0.63%) cases and there were 4 (0.63%) cases carried mixed infection with A. marginale , A. centrale and A. ovis. Results were also showed that infected animals show different clinical manifestation such as fever, change in pulse and respiratory rate, loss of appetite, emaciation, change in hematological parameters, further more anemia were of types macrocytic hypochromic which more predominant type followed by microcytic hypochromic and normocytic hypochromic respectively.

Article Title العربیة

دراسة وبائيه و دمويه للاصابه بالانابلازما في الاغنام في وسط العراق

Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research
Volume 15, Issue 2
Autumn 2016
Page 277-293

  • Receive Date 01 December 2016
  • Revise Date 20 December 2016
  • Accept Date 25 December 2016
  • Publish Date 28 December 2016

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