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Haematological and biochemical indicators of tropical theileriosis diseased cattle in wilaya of Sétif (North East Algeria)

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The authors investigated biochemical and haematological parameters in 40 healthy and 40 tropical theileriosis (Theileria annulata) clinically infected cattle in El Eulma region (North East Algeria). The mean haematological and biochemical parameters including the number of erythrocytes, haemoglobin, haematocrit, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration and mean corpuscular haemoglobin were estimated. The mean hematological and biochemical parameters including the number of leukocytes, erythrocytes, hemoglobin, hematocrit, glucose, albumin, total proteins decreased significantly (p = 0.005; 0.008; 0.03 0.048; 0.002; 0.027 and 0.018; respectively) in Montbéliard breed clinically infected with T. annulata. In all diseased animals, the concentration of total and direct bilirubin increased significantly (p < 0.001). In cross breed cattle, the erythrocytes, hemoglobin, hematocrit means decreased significantly (p = 0.027; 0.003 and <0.001, respectively). Two types of anemia were detected: a microcytic hypochromic anemia in Montbéliard breed clinically infected cattle and normocytic normochromic anemia in local and cross breed cattle. Tropical theileriosis induces severe biochemical and haematological alterations that should be taken into consideration by field veterinarians for both the diagnosis of the disease and its treatment.

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We thank the staff of the Laboratory of Parasitology, Ecole Nationale de M”decine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, Tunisia for their help in analyzing the blood samples. The authors also thank Pr. Brarhi El Hassan, director of Institut Supérieur Vétérinaire de Constantine, University Constantine and Dr. Kars Abd El Ali for their support, and all cattle farmers who agreed to let us handle their animals.

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  1. Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Institut des Sciences Vétérinaire El Khroub, Université des Frères Mentouri, Constantine, Algeria

    Ouarda Ayadi & Mohammed Cherif Benchikh-Elfegoun

  2. Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, Univ. Manouba, 2020, Sidi Thabet, Tunisia

    Mohamed Gharbi

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Ayadi, O., Gharbi, M. & Benchikh-Elfegoun, M.C. Haematological and biochemical indicators of tropical theileriosis diseased cattle in wilaya of Sétif (North East Algeria). J Parasit Dis 41, 538–542 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-016-0846-6

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