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 |
The present study was conducted for a period of one year from May 2015 to April 2016. A total of 937 blood samples of cattle were screened for theileriosis. Thin blood smears were prepared, air dried, fixed with methanol and stained with Giemsa stain. The microscopic examination of stained blood smears were performed and presence of intraerythrocytic piroplasms in different shapes like round, oval, signet ring, pear, comma, rod or bacilli indicating the incidence of theileriosis in cattle in and around Patna. The breed, age, sex, and seasons were considered some of the important epidemiological parameters. Out of 937 suspected cases, 291(31.05%) samples were found positive for theileriosis. The incidence was found significantly (<0.01) higher in crossbred cattle 185(63.57%) than indigenous cattle 106(36.43%). Higher incidence was recorded in female (97.94%) than male (2.06%). This might be due to increased introduction of female in livestock population due to obvious reason of improved artificial insemination technology in herd and farmers are not interested in rearing and spending on male. The incidence was higher in animals above 2 years age group (92.78%) than 6 months to 2 years age group (7.22%). The season played an important role in incidence of theileriosis, the incidence was significantly (<0.01) higher in rainy season (44.33%) followed by summer (34.71%) and winter season (20.96%). The finding of the study suggested that the bovine theileriosis is mostly prevalent in rainy season. Therefore management of the disease in that particular season is very important to save the life of the animal and special control measure may be adopted in rainy season.
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