About Lesson
- Tick borne protozoan disease
- Characterized by fever and lymphoproliferative disorder
a) Etiology:
- Theilaria spps.
b) Transmission:
- Biting by insects
c) Sign and symptoms:
- High fever (40-410C)
- Inflammation of lymph node
- Increased heart and respiratory rate
- Anaemia
- Labored respiration
- Serous nasal discharge and cough
- Mortality is high
d) Diagnosis:
- Koch bodies ( organism in RBC and WBC)
- ELSA test
e) Differential diagnosis:
- Heart water
- Babesiosis
- Malignant catarrhal fever
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