Veterinarska stanica, Vol. 52 No. 1, 2021.
Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.52.1.1
Equine piroplasmosis
Jelena Gotić
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Martina Crnogaj
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Iva Šmit
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Nika Brkljača Bottegaro
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Darko Grden
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Vladimir Mrljak
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Relja Beck
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Equine piroplasmosis is a haemoprotozoic disease of wide geographical distribution and worldwide significance, caused by two
haemoprotozoans, Theileria equi and Babesia caballi. The occurrence of piroplasmosis is closely related to the geographical distribution and seasonal activity of the carriers of ixodid ticks. Intraerytocytic piroplasms of T. equi and B. caballi cause acute, subacute or chronic disease in equines, and may also cause neonatal babesiosis and abortion in mares. Pathogenicity and clinical manifestation differ for each of the causative agents of piroplasmosis, due to their specific life cycles. Many horses remain subclinically infected with low parasitemia and inapparent disease. Diagnosis of horse piroplasmosis is performed by direct (evidence of the parasite) and indirect methods (evidence of specific antibodies). Differential diagnoses of equine piroplasmosis include equine influenza, equine infectious anaemia, as well as anaplasmosis and borreliosis as significant tick-borne equine diseases.
Ključne riječi
horse; piroplasmosis; Babesia caballi; Theileria equi
Hrčak ID:
239426
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Datum izdavanja:
25.11.2020.
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