An outbreak of trypanosomiasis (Surra) in Camels in the Southern fars province of Iran: Clinical, hematological and pathological findings

Research Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-26

  Derakhshanfar, A ^a   Mozaffari, A A ^a   Zadeh, A Mohaghegh ^b  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Camel; Iran; Outbreak; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; QUINAJECT; QUINAPYRAMINE SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DELIRIUM; EPIDEMIC; EYE DISCHARGE; EYELID EDEMA; FETUS; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; IRAN; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PALEA; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; SPLENOMEGALY; SURRA; TACHYCARDIA; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

EID: 77149126234     PISSN: 18164943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jp.2010.23.26     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Abo-Shehada, M.N., H. Anshassi, G. Mustafa and Z. Amr, 1999. Prevalence of surra among camels and horses in Jordan. Prev. Vet. Med., 38: 289-293.
2. Al-Ani, F.K., 2004. Camel Management and Diseases. 1st Edn., Dar Ammar Book Publisher, Jordan, ISBN-10: 9957445006, pp: 455.
3. Burtis, C.A. and E.R. Ashwood, 1994. Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry. 2nd Edn., W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, pp: 1002-1093.
4. Delafosse, A. and A. A. Doutoum, 2004. Prevalence of Trypanosoma evansi infection and associated risk factors in camels in eastern Chad. Vet. Parasitol., 119:155-164.
5. Diall, O., Z. Bocoum, B. Diarra, Y. Sanogo, Z. Coulibaly and Y. Waigalo, 1993. Epidemiology of Trypanosomiasis caused by T evansi in camels in mali: Results of parasitological and clinical survey. Rev. Elevage Med. Vet. Pays Trop., 46: 455-461.
6. Dine, M.F., K.R. Wallbanks, A.A. Aden, S. Bornstem and M.D. Ibrahim, 1989. Camel Trypanosomiasis and its vectors in Somalia. Vet. Parasitol., 32: 285-291.
7. Gutierrez, C, J.A. Corbera, M.C. Juste, F. Doreste and I. Morales, 2005. An outbreak of abortions and high neonatal mortality associated with Trypanosoma evansi infection in dromedary camels in the Canary Islands. Vet. Parasitol., 130: 163-168.
8. Hasan, M.U., G. Muhammad, C. Gutierrez, Z. Iqbal, A. Shakoor and A. Jabbar, 2006. Prevalence of Trypanosoma evansi infection in equines and camels in the Punjab region, Pakistan. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1081: 322-324.
9. Jacquiet, P., M.L. Dia, D. Cheikh and A. Thiam, 1994. Camel Trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma evansi (Steel 1885), Balbiani 1888, in islamic republic of mauritania: Results of surveys in the Trarza region. Rev. Elevage Med. Vet. Pays Trop., 47: 59-62.
10. Njiru, Z.K., C.C. Constantine, J.M. Ndungu, I. Robertson, S. Okaye, R.C.A. Thompson and S.A. Reid, 2004. Detection of Trypanosoma evansi in camels using PCR and CATT/T. evansi tests in Kenya. Vet. Parasitol., 124: 187-199.
11. Pregram, R.G. and J.M. Scott, 1976. The prevalence and diagnosis of Trypanosoma evansi infection in camels in Southern Ethiopia. Trop. Anim. Health Prod., 8: 20-27.
12. Radostits, O.M., C.C. Gay, D.C. Blood, K.W.K. Hmchchff and C. Gay, 2000. Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats and Horses. 9th Edn., WB Saunders, London, ISBN: 978-0702026041.
13. Rafiee, A., 1979. Comparative Veterinary Protozology. 1st Edn., Research Council Press of Ministry of Sciences and Technology, Iran.
14. Schillinger, D. and D. Rottcher, 1986. Treatment of camels for Trypanosoma brucei evansi infection (surra). World Anim. Rev., 60: 21-32.
15. Zelleke, D., B. Kassa and S. Abebe, 1989. Efficacy of RM110, a novel trypanocide, in the treatment of Trypanosoma evansi infections in camels. Trop. Anim. Health Prod., 21: 223-226.