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A report of Trypanosoma evansi outbreak in a camel herd | ||
| علوم و فنون دامپروری | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 23, September 2017, Pages 3-6 PDF (466.52 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.22092/aasrj.2017.115777 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Gh. Mohammadi; S. Najafi* | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Trypanosomosis is an important parasitic disease and have been considered as the most widespread disease in both dromedary and bactrian camels. Trypanosoma evansi causes a Trypanosomosis known as Surra which causes more sever infection in camel. The disease has a great economic importance. Surra is manifested as three clinical forms of acute, sub-acute and chronic. In the chronic form, that is more common, the infected camel gradually becomes weak and weight loss occurs, thus Trypanosoma evansi infection is more observed in aged camels. The chronic form is manifested by severe weakness, intermittent fever, pale mucus membranes and sometimes abdominal edema. After refer an owner of camel herd (200 camels) to school of veterinary medicine polyclinic, Ferdowsi university of Mashhad who was stating the death of eight crossbred (Bactrian × dromedary) and five dromedary camels. Camel herd was visited and sampling and autopsy were done on camels’ illness and Trypanosoma evansi was diagnosed. Medical interventions, spraying insecticides and disinfection of herd were performed. After intervention, no new case of disease was reported. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hematocrit or packed cell volum (PCV); Imidocarb dipropionate; One hump camel; Two hump camel | ||
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