National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Theileria annulata is an important tick-borne haemoprotozoan organism affecting dairy animals worldwide including India. It causes enormous economic losses in cattle and buffaloes in terms of reduced milk production, increased infertility and high mortality rate. The present study was undertaken to estimate the various haematological changes in cattle infected with T. annulata. Haematological examination revealed a significant (P<0.05) decrease in haemoglobin concentration (6.28±0.42 g%), packed cell volume (19.14±1.20 %), total erythrocytic count (3.98±0.21 × 106/µl) and increase in total leucocyte count (9.31±0.37 × 10³/µl) were recorded in infected animals. However, it was 10.29±0.38 g%, 31.19±1.09 %, 6.02±0.19 × 106/µl and 8.37±0.24 × 10³/µl, respectively in infected group. Significant (P<0.05) lymphopenia (51.90±4.30 %) and neutrophilia (36.00±4.89 %) were observed in infected cattle. However, differential leucocytes count revealed 60.90±1.52 % lymphocytes and 34.80±1.58 % neutrophils in control animals. The increase in monocytes (5.50±1.00 %) and eosinophils (6.60±2.50 %) were observed in infected cattle as compared with uninfected control monocytes (1.80±0.40 %) and eosinophils (2.50±0.57 %). A decrease in MCV (48.04±1.81 fl) and MCH (15.73±0.54 pg) were observed in infected group as compared to control (MCV-51.81±0.77fl and MCH 17.08±0.26 pg) which revealed microcytic RBC’s and low average quantity of haemoglobin present in single erythrocyte, respectively. However, no changes was observed in MCHC (32.78±0.37 g%) in infected group.
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