TY - JOUR AU - Ahmad Rather, Shakeel AU - Tak, Hidayatullah AU - K. Kakru, Dalip PY - 2016/01/19 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Seroprevalence of Babesia bigemina and Anaplasma marginale in domestic animals of district Ganderbal JF - Scientific Journal of Veterinary Advances JA - Sci. J. Vet. Adv. VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - DO - UR - http://sjournals.com/index.php/sjva/article/view/265 SP - 74-79 AB - <p>The present study of seroprevalence of&nbsp;<em>B. bigemina</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>A. marginale</em>&nbsp;in cattle, sheep and goats was studied in Ganderbal district of Kashmir, between January to December 2012. A total of 153 blood samples were collected randomly from 40 cattle, 52 sheep and 61 goats for the preparation of blood smears and serum samples in four consecutive seasons and tested against&nbsp;<em>B. bigemina</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>A. marginale</em>&nbsp;using the SVANOVIR<sup>®</sup>&nbsp;<em>B. bigemina</em>-Abs and&nbsp;<em>A. marginale</em>-Abs ELISA Kit. Samples were also examined by Giemsa's stained blood smear method. The effect of topography, season, age, gender and breed was observed in cattle during this study. The overall prevalence of&nbsp;<em>B. bigemina</em>&nbsp;infection was 3 (7.5%), 2 (3.84%) and 3 (4.91%) in cattle, sheep and goats and for&nbsp;<em>A. marginale</em>&nbsp;2 (5%), 1 (1.92%) and1 (1.63%) respectively. The mixed infections between&nbsp;<em>B. bigemina</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>A. marginale</em>&nbsp;were 5% in cattle, 1.92% in sheep and 3.27% in goats. The seasonal prevalence of&nbsp;<em>B.bigemina</em>,&nbsp;<em>A. marginale</em>&nbsp;and mixed infection between them peaked in summer as revealed by blood smear examination and ELISA.</p> ER -