Concurrent Traumatic Reticulo Pericarditis (TRP) with Theileriosis in HF-Cow

Abstract

A 4-year-old Holstein Friesian cow was presented to the Department of Veterinary Pathology, GADVASU, Ludhiana for postmortem examination. On external examination, brisket edema and enlargement of the prescapular lymph nodes were observed. Grossly, there was traumatic reticulo-pericarditis with suppuration, hepatic congestion and punched-out ulcers in the abomasum. Histopathologically, the heart showed myocardial fibrosis the abomasum revealed lymphoplasmacytic ulcerative abomasitis, the lymph nodes exhibited lymphadenitis and the liver showed features of chronic venous congestion. Blood smear examination revealed the presence of Theileria piroplasms within the red blood cells.