Equine Piroplasmosis in Panama

Equine piroplasmosis.

Equine piroplasmosis, caused by the parasites Theileria equi and Babesia caballi, is a globally important disease, affecting a large percentage of the world's horses. This article serves as a review of these divergent parasites. Discussed are the clinical presentation of disease, diagnosis, and treatment. Special attention is given to the current disease status specifically in North America.

Control of equine piroplasmosis in Brazil.

The importance of equine piroplasmosis control in endemic countries has increased in recent years and plays an important role to maintain the international market open to the horse industry. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the occurrence of equine piroplasmosis (Babesia equi or Theileria equi and Babesia caballi) in Brazil--a country where the disease occurs endemically--in differe...

A Literature Review of Equine Piroplasmosis

Equine Piroplasmosis Associated with Amblyomma cajennense Ticks, Texas, USA

We report an outbreak of equine piroplasmosis in southern Texas, USA, in 2009. Infection prevalence reached 100% in some areas (292 infected horses). Amblyomma cajennense was the predominant tick and experimentally transmitted Theileria equi to an uninfected horse. We suggest that transmission by this tick species played a role in this outbreak.

Piroplasmosis

a full account, I shall write in some detail on its discovery, history, aetiology and symptoms; bringing the information up to date of writing this report (22nd February 1904). I had noticed many cases of chronic irregular pyrexia, with enlargement of the spleen and occasionally of the liver, bronchitis, oedema of the feet subcutaneous haemorrhages chiefly 0f the petechial type, diarrhoea of a ...