Experience in treatment of babesiosis in cattle caused by Babesia bovis

Abstract

Data on efficacy of application of Veriben in specific and symptomatic treat-ment of cattle naturally infected with Babesia bovis are presented. It was deter-mined that a twice intramuscular injection of Veriben to cattle in the dose of 1 ml per 20 kg of body weight with an interval of 24 hours provides an effective treat-ment. The lower doses did not show a good efficacy. Symptomatic treatment pro-vides more quickly recovery of sick animals. In the animals of the 1st group after the 1st injection of Veriben was observed a sharp decrease of parasitemia and after the 2nd injection no parasites in blood were detected. Drop of body temperature to normal and improvement of welfare of animals were also observed. While in the animals of the 2nd and 3rd experimental groups despite the reduced parasitemia, babesia remained in the blood, the body temperature was still increased and the clinical signs of babesiosis did not disappear.

Keywords

• babesiosis
• babesia bovis
• parasitemia
• cattle
• veriben