Babesia blood parasites and their treatment

Blood parasites and their dangers to animals

Babesiosis
Babesiosis is a serious disease caused by a single-celled parasite called Babesia. It infects red blood cells, causing them to break down and excrete a large amount of hemoglobin in the body.

Thus, it causes jaundice due to increased deposition of bilirubin resulting from increased hemoglobin levels and also the breakdown of red blood cells, which leads to:

• Anemia and red urine
• In addition to fever, headache, and general weakness.
• Loss of appetite and nausea

Of course, this disease causes very large financial losses to the breeder
It causes weakness in the animal, loss of appetite and weight loss, and also causes miscarriage in cows

This dangerous disease is transmitted in several ways:
The most important of them is the presence of ticks on the animal's body

• The presence of an infected tick can transmit the infection to the animal once it inserts its pads into the nearest surface blood vessel to absorb the blood of the healthy animal and transmit the infection.
• Also, the presence of insects on the animal’s body causes anemia, weakness, and itching in the animal.
• It can transmit dangerous blood parasites that break down red blood cells

Symptoms begin to appear on the animal two weeks after the infectious tick is transferred to the animal

The symptoms of the disease are not characteristic of babesiosis and are similar to several other diseases
Therefore, the contributing factor to detecting blood parasite infection is the presence of symptoms when the animal is infected with the tick

To avoid disease, we must eliminate insects and take preventive doses against insects regularly

To confirm the infection with Babesiosis, we conduct a blood test by taking a sample of the animal’s blood and staining it with Giemsa stain to observe under the microscope the presence of the Babesia parasite inside the red blood cells.

To treat the disease we use
Imizol 100 ml

• It is used to treat babesiosis in horses and cows
• The dose used for treatment in horses is 2 ml per 100 kg of body weight.
• The dose used for treatment in cows is 1 ml per 100 kg of body weight.
• The withdrawal period for this drug from milk is 6 days
• And from meat for 213 days

Do-carb 100 ml

• It is used to treat babesiosis in dogs and cows
• The dose used in dogs is 0.25 ml per 10 kg.
• The dose used in cows is 1 ml per 100 kg.

Imochem 50ml

• It is used to treat babesiosis in horses at a dose of 2:3.5 ml per 100 kg
• In dogs, at a dose of 0.5 ml per 10 kg.
• In cows and sheep, at a dose of 1 ml per 100 kg.

Komidocarb 10 ml

• It is used to treat babesiosis in cows by subcutaneous injection
• In horses, intramuscular injection

Piroplasmin 100 ml

• It is used to treat babesiosis in dogs at a dose of 1 ml per 22 kg.
• In horses, a dose of 1 ml per 25 kg.
• This medicine also contains vitamin B12 to protect against anemia caused by this parasite.
• It also contains an antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and pain reliever.

Imocarb 50ml

• It is used to treat babesiosis in animals

FA.TRY.BANIL R.T.U 100 ml

• It is used to treat babesiosis in animals by intramuscular injection
• At a dose of 1 ml per 15 kg.

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