Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management of Anaplasmosis in Caprines

The study was undertaken to understand the prevalence of Anaplasmosis in caprine population, its diagnosis, hematological values and its management. A total of 65 blood smears were collected from goats and 20 were confirmed for Anaplasmosis by staining with Giemsa-Leishman cocktail combination. The affected caprines had history of severe anemia with pale mucous membrane with watery blood. The prevalence of Anaplasma marginale was confirmed and correlated with hematological values of infected goats such as packed cell volume 22.85+ 0.80%; hemoglobin-6.70+0.14 g/dl; red blood cell count-6.72 + 0.40 x 106/μl; leukocyte count-11.58 + 0.38 x 103/μl; MCV-35.73 + 1.39 fl; MCH-10.58 + 0.33 pg and MCHC-28.70 + 0.77 g/dl.