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Clinical Case of acute equine piroplasmosis in a Malaysian mare
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Al-Obaidi QT1*,
Al-Sultan II1, Arshad MM1, Mohd Azam KGK1 and Mimi AM1 |
1Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Malaysia
Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa, 16100, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Abstract |
This is the first
clinical report on acute piroplasmosis in a mare in Malaysia. A 20 years
old local thoroughbred mare showed clinical signs of acute equine
piroplasmosis, anaemia, increase in erythrocytes sedimentation rate
(ESR) and reticulocytosis,
neutrophilia and lymphocytosis,
increase in aspartate amino transferase (AST), alanine amino transferase
(ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALKP), blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and total
bilirubin and decreased total
protein (albumins and globulins),
calcium, phosphorous,
glucose and creatinine.
Microscopic examination of blood smear was positive for Theileria
equi and Babesia caballi. Competitive ELISA test was
confirmative to antibodies of T. equi and B. caballi.
Multiplex PCR test was positive for the causative agents of equine
piroplasmosis. Microscopic localization of micro and macroschizontes in
the cytoplasm of lymphocytes and macrophages in various organs provided
a distinct hisopathological evidence of acute form of the disease.
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Keywords:
Equine piroplasmosis; clinico-pathology;
Theileria equi; Babesia caballi Malaysia |
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To cite this article:
Al-Obaidi QT, Al-Sultan II, Arshad MM, Mohd Azam KGK and
Mimi AM, 2015.
Clinical case of acute equine piroplasmosis in a
Malaysian Mare.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 5(6): 270-274. |
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