Current status of bovine haemoparasitic diseases in Martinique (French West Indies)] |
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| Authors: | M Alonso E Camus J Rodriguez Diego L Bertaudière J C Tatareau J M Liabeuf |
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| Affiliation: | Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), San José de las Lajas, La Habana, Cuba. |
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| Abstract: | A serological survey using indirect immunofluorescence (IFAT) for bovine babesiosis (Babesia bovis and B. bigemina) and card test for anaplasmosis, indicates that these haemoparasites are widespread in Martinique. The high prevalences (62% for B. bovis, 52% for B. bigemina and 43% for Anaplasma marginale) lead to the hypothesis of an unstable epizootic situation for these three haemoparasitic diseases. However, the number of smears examined was too low to evaluate their clinical incidence. Both the American and Cuban card tests gave similar results in the detection of antibodies to A. marginale. Theileria mutans is described for the first time in Martinique. Trypanosomosis (Trypanosoma vivax) has disappeared from Martinique, on clinical and serological evidence. |
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