Incidence Of Feline HaemotropicMycoplasmosis In Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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Authors
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Rajat Sagare
Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Madras Veterinary College TANUVAS
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B Gowri
Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Madras Veterinary College TANUVAS
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N R Senthil
Assistant Professor, Centralized Clinical Laboratory, Madras Veterinary College TANUVAS
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K Jeyaraja
Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Madras Veterinary College TANUVAS
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A Arunprasad
Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Madras Veterinary College TANUVAS
Keywords:
Anemia, PCR, feline mycoplasmosisAbstract
The present study was conducted at Madras Veterinary College Teaching Hospital to report the prevalence of feline infectious anemia. The diagnosis was confirmed by the presence of pleomorphic parasites at the marginal parts of erythrocytes in stained blood smear examination and PCR. Detailed clinical examination was done for all the suspected cats. Among thirty-seven cats screened, 2 animals were found positive for haemotropic mycoplasma organisms by blood smear examination. The blood samples were further subjected to DNA extraction followed by Polymerase Chain Reaction for confirmation of Haemoplasmosis with a positivity of 5 animals. The highest rate ofinfectionwasnoticedincatsofonetotwoyearsofagegroupwith40.00per cent while 3 among 5 cats were non-descript cats. Male cats were high incidence with 60.00 percent. Young male non-descript cats are more susceptible for feline mycoplasmosis.
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