Abstract
Background: Anaemia is a common and important clinical presentation in goats due to infectious, traumatic, nutritional, haemoprotozoal, endo and ecto parasitic causes. Haemoprotozoan are obligate intracellular pathogens transmitted by ticks with an impact on animal health. Anaplasma ovis, Babesia ovis, Babesia motasi and Theileria luwenshuni that infects goats can be diagnosed by different methods like giemsa staining, PCR or competitive ELISA. Methods: Goats presented to Large Animal Clinics of Madras Veterinary College Teaching Hospital, Chennai, India, were screened for the signs of anaemia. In this study, PCR method was used for the detection of Anaplasma, Babesia and Theileria infection. Result: Among 25 blood samples collected from anaemic goats, 48 per cent were found positive for haemoprotozoan disease. Out of which 32 per cent were Anaplasma ovis followed by 4 per cent of Babesia motasi and Babesia ovis each whereas remaining 8 per cent showed mixed infection. This indicated a high incidence of haemoprotozoan infection as a major cause of anaemia in goats reared under field conditions.
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