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Prevalence of Theileriosis and Babesiosis in Cattle in Sirajganj District of Bangladesh

Md. Abdullah-Al-Mahmud
Additional Veterinary Surgeon, Upazila Livestock Office, Ullapara, Sirajganj

SM Shariful Hoque Belal
Veterinary Surgeon, District Veterinary Hospital, Sirajganj

Md. Alamgir Hossain
Department of Medicine, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of theileriosis and babesiosis in cattle in Sirajganj district of Bangladesh during the period of December 2013 to November 2014. During one year study period a total of 395 cattle were examined, 23 and 8 were found to be infected with Theileria spp. and Babesia spp., respectively. On Geimsa stained blood smear examination, it was observed that the overall prevalence of theileriosis and babesiosis in cattle were recorded as 5.82% and 2.27% respectively. The effect of age, sex, breed and season was observed in cattle during this study. The highest prevalence of theileriosis (7.25%) and babesiosis (3.10%) was reported in the older cattle (>3 years of age) and the higher prevalence was observed in female (6.66% and 2.59%, respectively) than male (4.0% and 1.60% respectively). All crossbred cattle was showed higher prevalence than local cattle. The prevalence of theileriosis was noticed as the highest in the rainy season (6.25%) in relation to summer (5.83%) and winter (5.05%) season. But the prevalence of babesiosis was ranked the highest in summer season (2.50%) followed in rainy (2.27%) and winter (2.02%) season that was insignificant. From the study it was evident that cattle were infected with the organisms and caused a heavy economic loss which will assist to take necessary preventive measurements.

Keywords: Prevalence, Theileriosis, Babesiosis, Cattle

Location: Sirajganj district

Start Date: 00-12-2013

End Date: 00-11-2014

Program Area: Animal Health and Management

Commodity: Cattle

Objectives:

1. To know the prevalence of babesiosis and theileriosis of cattle in Sirajganj district of Bangladesh.

Methodology:

Geographical location of study area - Sirajganj district is situated in Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh; its geographical coordinates are 24° 27' 0" North, 89° 43' 0" East. Sirajganj has an area of 2,498 sq.km (964 sq miles) including reverine areas, and it represents around 1.7 percent of the total area of Bangladesh. It ranks 3rd in size among the eight districts of Rajshahi division and 25th among the 64 districts of Bangladesh. It contains 9 upazilas namely SirajganjSadar, Shahjadpur, Ullapara, Kamarkhand, Belkuchi, Chouhali, Raigonj, Tarash and Kazipur.The annual average temperature of the district reaches a maximum of 34.6 °C, and a minimum of 11.9 °C. The annual rainfall is 1610 mm (63.4 in). Experimental animals and duration of study - This research work was conducted at the Field Diseases Investigation Laboratory (FDIL), Sirajganj on the clinical cases in cattle during the period from December 2013 to November 2014. During one year study period, a total of 395 case of sick and suspected cattle were studied that was informed by farmers, Veterinary Field Assistant, Veterinary Surgeon and Upazila Livestock Officer of respective upazila of Sirajganj district. Only 23 and 9 cattle were infected byTheileria spp and Babesia spp. among 395 suspected cases. Date, age, sex, breed and complaint of the owner of all studied animal were noted in the registered book. All this information and data were collected from the disease register book of the FDIL, Sirajganj. Methods followed for diagnosis: The history and physical examination of each of the patient were carried out for the cattle are briefly described below: History/Anamnesis - History of patient like (a) Date of examination, (b) Signalment (client and patient) identification, (c) Chief complaint, (d) Patient illness, (e) Past medical history were included. In addition, the complete medical history like (a) Family medical history, (b) Vaccination history, (c) Travel history, (d) Diet history, (f) Environmental history, (g) Birth history (h) Potential source of intoxication were investigated. Physical examination - Physical examination was done by visual inspection, pulse & respiration rate and rectal temperature. Examination of the different organs and systems of the body was carried out by using the clinical methods of palpation, percussion and auscultation. Sample collection and examination - 3-5 ml blood samples were collected from the jugular vein of the clinically suspected animals in EDTA containing vacutainers and transported to FDIL, Sirajganj in ice bags for microscopic examination following the method of Adam, Paul and Zaman. Briefly, a thin blood smear was prepared from each blood sample, air dried and fixed in methanol for 2-3 minutes. Staining was done in 5% Giemsa’s stain and rinsing was performed in two changes of distilled water buffered to pH 7.2, then examined under microscope (100x) with immersion oil for the identification of blood parasites. Statistical analysis - Data were entered in Microsoft Excel 2007 and transferred to R 2.14.2 (The R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). Descriptive statistics were obtained using Data Mining package of the software R 2.14.2

Source of Information: Res. Agric. Livest. Fish. Vol. 2, No. 1, April 2015: 79-86; ISSN : P-2409-0603, E-2409-9325

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Achievement/Findings:

It is concluded that the prevalence of theileriosis and babesiosis is the most common and frequent in Sirajganj district of Bangladesh which may be due to its agro-ecological and geoclimatic conditions, high density of cattle population, lowland/flood plain based area and high density of tick population. So, for the control and eradication of the diseases in cattle population of Bangladesh specially Sirajganj district, epidemiological surveillance is the important aspect along with more attention should be paid towards separation of healthy and infected animals/herds and strictly followed with biosecurity in cattle farm. Reduction of tick population and tick’s reproduction is the main issue for control of the diseases. This should be combined with more government intervention in with awareness program should be undertaken involving stakeholders in the livestock industry as well as consumers to avert public health, veterinary public health and economic losses associated with the mentioned diseases.

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