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| Detection of Theileria and Babesia infection and their co-infection in ruminants in Wad Madani, Gezira State, Sudan
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Razan Siddig Adam Abdelgalil, May Shakir Haridy, Muhammad Tag Eldin Ibrahim, and Mubarak Mustafa Abdelrahman.
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Abstract:
: The Poor animal health is often a consequence of parasitic diseases; ticks are transmitting a number of diseases to indigenous and exotic ruminants in Sudan and cause large economic losses in productivity. This study was designed to investigate Theileria and Babesia infection in ruminants (cows, sheep and goats) from ruminant's farms and ruminants market (Al mwashi market) in Wad Madani town, central Sudan. A total of 130 blood samples were collected from December 2020 to March 2021. Samples were collected from ruminants from 13 farms in Wad Madani town and Al mwashi market. Ruminants were chosen according to the breed, sex and age. For hematological examination for identification of the parasites in the prepared blood smears which were tested using Giemsa stain. Then Complete Blood Count (CBC) were done for each ruminants, measuring RBC, WBC, LYM, MID, GRAN, MCH, MCHC, MCV, HGB, HCT and RDW. The result revealed that 30 (23.1%) samples were positive for co-infection of Babesia and Theilera. (22.5%) in cows, (15.4%) in goats and (29.4%) in sheep. Results showed that sheep are the most one which have the co-infection with both Theileria and Babesia.
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