Concurrent Babesia Bigemina and Anaplasma Marginale Infection in a Jersey Cow

Abstract

Haemoprotozoan diseases cause devastating losses to the livestock industry and hence pose major constraints to the dairy industry. Bovine babesiosis and anaplamosis is a tick – borne, parasitic infection that causes significant morbidity and mortality. The present paper reports on the occurrence of concurrent Babesia bigemina and Anaplasma marginale infection in a Jersey cow in Tirunelveli city, Tamil Nadu.