Monocytic anaplasmosis in a cow: a case report

Abstract

A five year old Holstein-Friesian cross breed cow was brought to Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex with the history of anorexia, shivering and respiratory distress since a week. On close physical examination, enlarged prescapular lymph nodes and conjunctival mucous membranes with petechiae were noticed. Physiological parameters like rectal temperature, heart rate and respiratory rates were found to be 105.3 °F, 86 beats per minute and 48 per minute respectively. On hematological examination, hemoglobin and total erythrocyte count were found to be low i.e., 5.2 g/dl and 3.2 million cells/cmm respectively. Peripheral blood smear examination revealed the presence of organisms in the monocytes. Based on these findings a diagnosis of bovine monocytic anaplasmosis was made and the case was treated with two doses of long acting Oxytetracycline @20 mg/kg body weight 48 h apart, I/M, and Meloxicam @0.5 mg/kg body weight, I/M for 5 days. Improvement was noticed after 3 days of treatment.

Acute anaplasmosis in a holstein-friesian cross breed cattle: A case report

“…On hematological examination, hemoglobin and total leukocyte count were i.e., 2.8 gm % and 18000 cells/cmm respectively. Low haemoglobin level (2.8 gm %) in this study are in the agreement with the finding of Vatsya et al, 2013 [18] ; Arunkumar and Nagarajan (2013) [1] ; Priyanka et al, 2017 [11] and Brahma et al, 2018 [4] who also observed low haemoglobin level values in Anaplasma infected animals. Blood transfusion in large animals is not commonly done in India, though, it is recommended in standard text book (Radostitis et al, 1995) [12] .…”

“…Clinical sign and symptom which are observed in present study like pyrexia, enlargement of lymph nodes and inappetence are in conformation with the findings of Kolte et al, (2003) [8] and Priyanka et al, (2017) [11] who also reported the presence of similar sign and symptom. Other symptoms like grinding of teeth (Karunamoorthy et al, 1992) [7] , staggering gait and incoordination (Ramesh et al, 2008) [14] were also observed in the present case.…”

Diagnosis and treatment of Anaplasma centrale in a domestic cat at Animal Hospital of Hasanuddin University Makassar

“…The antibiotic doxycycline was used because it is capable of intracellular penetration and is bacteriostatic (Yancey et al 2018). Meloxicam® inhibits the formation of inflammatory mediator prostaglandins (Priyanka et al 2017). Sango-bion® supports iron as an important mineral for the production of RBCs.…”