Hofmann-Lehmann
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Hematology and blood chemistry in cattle concurrently infected with several vector-borne pathogens | ||||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | In August 2002, a fatal disease outbreak was reported in a large dairy herd in the Swiss Canton of Grisons. Diseased animals experienced fever, anorexia, agalactia, and depression. Anemia, ectoparasite infestation, and occasionally hemoglobinuria were observed. Up to five vector-borne pathogens, some not documented previously in Switzerland, were identified including Anaplasma marginale and phagocytophilum, Babesia bigemina, Theileria of the buffeli/sergenti/orientalis-complex, and haemotrophic Mycoplasma spp. It is the goal of the present study to characterise the hematological and blood chemical changes in these unique cows. | ||||||
| Publications / Publikationen | Riond, B, ML Meli, U Braun, P Deplazes, K Joerger, R Thoma, H Lutz, and R Hofmann-Lehmann. 2008. Concurrent infections with vector-borne pathogens associated with fatal anaemia in cattle: haematology and blood chemistry. Comp Clin Pathol 17: 171-177.Hilpertshauser, H., P. Deplazes, M. L. Meli, R. Hofmann-Lehmann, H. Lutz, and A. Mathis. 2007. Genotyping of Babesia bigemina from an unexpected outbreak in a cattle herd in Switzerland. Vet Parasitol. 2007 Jan 5; [Epub ahead of print].Dreher, U.M., J. de la Fuente, R. Hofmann-Lehmann, M. L. Meli, N. Pusterla, K. M. Kocan, Z. Woldehiwet, U. Braun, and H. Lutz. 2005. Serologic cross reactivity between Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 12: 1177-1183.Dreher, U.M., R. Hofmann-Lehmann, M.L. Meli, G. Regula, A.Y. Cagienard, K.D.C. Stärk, M.G. Doherr, F. Filli, M. Hässig, U. Braun, K.M. Kocan, and H. Lutz. 2005. Seroprevalence of anaplasmosis among cattle in Switzerland in 1998 and 2003: No evidence of an emerging disease. Vet Microbiol 107: 71-79.Hofmann-Lehmann, R., M. L. Meli, U. M. Dreher, E. Gönczi, P. Deplazes, U. Braun, M. Engels, J. Schüpbach, K. Jörger, R. Thoma, C. Griot, K. D. C. Stärk, B. Willi, J. Schmidt, K. M. Kocan, and H. Lutz. 2004. Concurrent infections with vector-borne pathogens associated with fatal hemolytic anemia in a cattle herd in Switzerland. J Clin Microbiol 42:3775-3780. | ||||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | Vector-borne pathogens, cattle, Anaplasma marginale, Theileria, Babesia, hemotropic Mycoplasma, Hematology, Clinical Chemistry | ||||||
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No project-specific funding |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Aug 2002 to Jun 2007 |