Prevalence of parasitic infections in cattle of Ludhiana district, Punjab

Singh, Nirbhay Kumar; Singh, Harkirat; Kumari, Jyoti; Haque, Mazhar; Rath, S. S.

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“…Our observations of 45.5 and 43.4 % GI parasitic infections in cattle and buffaloes, respectively is relatively similar to the earlier reports from Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Meghalaya and Punjab (Sreedhar et al 2009;Godara andSharma 2010, Wadhwa et al 2011;Bandyopadhyay et al 2010;Singh et al 2012b). Hirani et al (2006) reported 44.2 % prevalence of GI parasites in adult cattle in central Gujarat, which is in array with present study conducted in south western part of Gujarat.…”

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“…The reasons for the low incidence of T. annulata infections may be due to the low prevalence of vector i.e., Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum (unpublished data) or less number of exotic breeds or cross breed animals in this geographical region of the country. A higher prevalence of T. annulata infections in bovines was recorded as 14.65 % Singh et al (2012c) and 15.38 % (Haque et al 2012) in Punjab where H. a. anatolicum is the major tick species and most of the dairy animals are either exotic breed or cross breed. Bovine anaplasmosis, caused by A. marginale, is an important rickettsial disease, transmitted to cattle biologically by ticks and mechanically by biting flies and blood contaminated fomites causing significant economic losses in tropical and subtropical areas of world (Ruybal et al 2009).…”

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Seasonal incidence of parasitic diseases in bovines of south western Gujarat (Junagadh), India

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The current study was conducted to investigate the incidence of parasitic diseases in bovines which were sick and brought at veterinary hospital for treatment. A total of 366 samples were investigated from cattle (n = 175) and buffaloes (n = 191) presented at Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex (TVCC), Veterinary College, Junagadh, Gujarat during January to December 2014. Examination of Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smears exhibited that 58.6 % of cattle and 41.2 % of buffaloes were infected with haemoparasites comprising Babesia bigemina, Theileria annulata, and Anaplasma marginale @ of 54.0, 3.4 and 1.1 in cattle and 38.8, 1.2 and 1.2 percent in buffaloes, respectively. The incidence of total haemoparasites and B. bigemina infections was significantly higher (p \ 0.05) in cattle whereas, incidence of haemoparasites were recorded significantly higher in the month of July to November (i.e., rainy and autumn) in both cattle and buffaloes, respectively (p \ 0.01 and p \ 0.001). Coprological examination revealed that the overall incidence of gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic infection was 45.5 % in cattle and 43.4 % in buffaloes. The incidence of individual parasite was 11.4, 1.1, 2.3, 4.5, 1.1, 3.4, 2.3 and 19.3 in cattle and 4.7, 0.9, 0.0, 2.8, 0.9, 5.7, 0.0 and 28.3 % in buffaloes for Eimeria spp., Trichuris spp., Toxocara vitulorum, Strongyle, Fasciola spp., amphistomes, Schistosoma indicum and Buxtonella sulcata, respectively which differ insignificantly (p [ 0.05). Seasonal prevalence of GI parasites was highest in summer in both cattle and buffaloes, the data being statistically non-significant (p [ 0.05). However, the incidence of B. sulcata in both cattle (19.3 %) and buffaloes (28.3 %) was higher in comparisons to other GI parasites. The present investigation emphasized that B. bigemina and B. sulcata are the most important parasites of bovines of this region.

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Seasonal incidence of parasitic diseases in bovines of south western Gujarat (Junagadh), India

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“…These high prevalence values were only detected using the PCR based assay. Only 11 animals (3.3%) in our study were diagnosed positive for piroplasms of Theileria sp by blood smear examination; a finding in agreement with some related surveys [20,21] but not others [22]. Together our results show that to accurately estimate the reservoir of infection and assess factors that could influence the risk of new infections occurring, PCR is a more sensitive technique [23].…”

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Prevalence of Tick-borne Pathogens in Co-grazed Dairy Bovines Differs by Region and Host-type in Tamil Nadu, India

Ponnudurai¹,

Larcombe²,

Velusamy³

et al. 2017

J Adv Dairy Res

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In India, disease of cattle caused by tick-borne pathogens (TBP) constrains the rearing of high yielding Bos taurus dairy breeds that often develop clinical, fatal disease. Bos indicus and bufflao show resistance to TBP infection, and this has led to a policy of rearing crossbred indicus-taurus cattle. On dairy farms, co-grazing more resistant animals alongside crossbreeds could contribute positively (by removing potentially infective ticks) or negatively (by acting as a reservoir for infection). We investigated epidemiological factors that contribute to the prevalence of five tick-borne pathogens with links to milk-yield in co-grazed host types in dairy farms of two regions of Tamil Nadu, India; a region of high dairy production importance. A high prevalence of T. annulata and Anaplasma spp. was detected, but with lower prevalence in the Cauvery Delta than in the Northwestern zone. A strict host-type association with prevalence was observed: buffaloes had lower prevalence of TBP than cattle; and native breeds had a lower prevalence of Anaplasma spp. than crossbreeds. The results indicate that while susceptibility to becoming a carrier animal for TBP depends on exposure to ticks; aspects of resistance are determined by host type independent of tick exposure. There was no clear evidence that co-grazing, with more resistant host types, will provide a positive contribution (protective effect) to crossbreeds with greater milk productivity.

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“…babesiosis which corroborates with the findings of Singh et al (2012b) who reported a 1.56 % prevalence of babesiosis in cattle from the same region and Muraleedharan et al (2005) who recorded 2.19 % prevalence from Karnataka state. However, Aulakh et al (2005) reported a much higher infection rate of 8.33 % in cattle of Punjab using blood smear examination which was probably due the fact that the samples utilized in the study were taken from animals suspected for babesiosis and showing clinical signs of persistent fever.…”

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Molecular detection of Babesia bigemina infection in apparently healthy cattle of central plain zone of Punjab

Bhat

Singh

et al. 2014

J Parasit Dis

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Bovine babesiosis is an important tick-borne disease caused by the parasites belonging to the genus Babesia, distributed worldwide and infecting a wide range of domesticated and wild cattle, occasionally man. The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of B. bigemina infection in apparently healthy cattle from central plain zone of Punjab, India. Examination of Giemsa-stained peripheral thin blood smears revealed 2.45 % (5/204) animals to be positive for piroplasms of B. bigemina. However, genomic DNA isolated from these blood samples when subjected to primary PCR revealed a positivity of 7.35 % (15/204) as detected by the amplification of a 278-bp product in the agarose gel. PCR products obtained from the primary PCR of B. bigemina, when employed as template in nested PCR produced the amplicons of desired size (170 bp) was detected in 30.39 % (62/ 204) of the samples. It can thus be concluded that B. bigemina infection is prevalent in apparently healthy cattle population of this region and PCR assays can serve as a valuable tool for epidemiological studies in endemic areas.

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Prevalence of parasitic infections in cattle of Ludhiana district, Punjab

Cited by 61 publications

References 5 publications

Seasonal incidence of parasitic diseases in bovines of south western Gujarat (Junagadh), India

Seasonal incidence of parasitic diseases in bovines of south western Gujarat (Junagadh), India

Prevalence of Tick-borne Pathogens in Co-grazed Dairy Bovines Differs by Region and Host-type in Tamil Nadu, India

Molecular detection of Babesia bigemina infection in apparently healthy cattle of central plain zone of Punjab

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