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Biochemical and hematological aspects of Anaplasma marginale infection in dairy cattle, central Goiás, Brazil

2023; Volume: 8; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.22271/veterinary.2023.v8.i3d.551

2456-2912

Clebio Batista Toledo Júnior, Mateus Coelho DE Jesus, Luis Fernando Borges Couto, Regiane Cristina do Nascimento Miranda, Ana Maria Alves Santos, Leandro Lourenço Silva, Antonio Henrique de Sousa Pinto, Rafael Martins Custódio Mendonça, Mariane Santos Nogueira, Roberto Barbuio, Edvande Xavier dos Santos Filho,

T-cell and Retrovirus Studies

Anaplasmosis caused by the intraerythrocytic rickettsia Anaplasma marginale is scattered in cattle from tropical and subtropical areas in several regions of the world. Forty dairy cows, twenty clinically healthy (constituting the control group), and the other twenty with clinical signs suggestive of Anaplasmosis (infected group) were evaluated regarding to biochemical and hematological aspects in the mesoregion of central Goiás, state of Goiás, Brazil. Infected animals manifested parasitemia from 12% on, with severe anemia and development of clinical signs such as marked apathy and prostration, tachycardia and tachypnea, jaundice and fever. Significant statistical differences (p