Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Deepika, Sandhya Morwal and SK Sharma

Abstract:
The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence of bovine tropical theileriosis in cattle. A total of one hundred fourty five cattle were examined during July to November-2021 out of which, thirty cattle were found positive for Theileria annulata infection on the basis of Giemsa-stained blood and lymph node aspirate smears examination. The overall prevalence of bovine tropical theileriosis amongst cattle was found to be 20.69 percent. The prevalence was higher irrespective of age from 0 to 6 month (33.33%), sex wise (23.00% in female), Breed wise (27.50% in Cross breed), Month wise July and August (33.33% and 30.00%) while lower prevalence irrespective of age above 2 year (17.28%), sex wise (15.55% in male), breed wise (12.30% in non-descript) and month wise October (11.90%) was recorded.