| Autor: |
Lasisi, OT, Eyarefe, OD, Adejinmi, JO |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2011 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Nigerian Veterinary Journal; Vol 31, No 4 (2010) |
| ISSN: |
0331-3026 |
| Popis: |
A cattle farm in Ibadan recorded the death of a young calf with heavy infestation of short-nosed sucking louse, Haematopinus eurysternus. The surviving calves and calves on a second farm had mean packed cell volumes (21.6±4.1 and 24.6±1.8 [%]), mean haemoglobin concentrations (7.2 ±1.4 and 8.3±0.6[g/dL]), and mean red blood cell 6 counts (6.3±0.7 and 6.9±0.1[x10 /L]) which were below the reference ranges and consistent with anaemia. The animals were also heavily infested with lice. No other causesof anaemia were identified. After treating the calves with 1% ivermectin sub-cutaneously, all the red blood cell indices became significantly higher (p= 0.05). It is therefore suggested that heavy infestations with H. eurysternusshould be considered when investigating the cause of anaemia in calves in Nigeria. |
| Databáze: |
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