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Incidence Of Feline HaemotropicMycoplasmosis In Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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Title Incidence Of Feline HaemotropicMycoplasmosis In Chennai, Tamil Nadu
 
Creator Rajat Sagare
B Gowri
N R Senthil
K Jeyaraja
A Arunprasad
 
Subject Anemia, PCR, feline mycoplasmosis
 
Description 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. 
 
Publisher Indian Veterinary Association
 
Date 2024-05-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IVJ/article/view/151875
10.62757/IVA.2024.101.5.41-44
 
Source The Indian Veterinary Journal; Vol. 101 No. 5 (2024): May, 2024; 41-44
0974-9365
0019-6479
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IVJ/article/view/151875/54595
 
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