Babesia Flashcards
babesia & theileria are transmitted by __________
ixodid (hard) ticks
name two Haemoprotozoan parasites
Babesia
Theileria
disease caused by babesia
BABESIOSIS
BABESIOSIS is of economic importance in _________ species
domestic ruminants
Babesia organisms are found in ________ in vertebrate host
RBC
they divide __________ in RBC
asexually
Babesia are seen in RBC as
_________ when trophozoites
_________ when PYRIFORM merozoites
_________ when CRUCIFORM merozoites
single
pair
tetrad
Babesia sp. can be divided into _____ groups
2
the two groups are
large form(>3 um) small form(<2 um)
large forms lie with their narrow ends at _______ angle
acute
small forms lie with their narrow ends at ________ angle
obtuse
infection with large forms can be treated with ________ while infection with small forms does not respond to it
trypan blue
Babesia organisms multiply in RBC to form trophozoites by following ways
binary fission
budding
schizogony
B. bigeemina causes disease called
cattle tick fever
piroplasmosis
red water disease
texas fever
B. bigemina cuases higher mortality in
younger
older
older animals
why B. bigemina causes more harm to older animals
becuase younger animals till 1 year age are immune to infection
first symptom of B. bigemina infection is
high fever (40-41C) which may rise upto 45 C
anaemia caused in B. bigemina infection
hyperchromic normocytic anaemia (later on macrocytic)
condition of eye in B. bigemina infection
conjuctiva is brick red
in cerebral form of B. bigemina infection ,death occurs in ________ hours
12-36 hours
in B. bigemina infection, there is increase of_____,_____,____
glucose
bilirubin
SGOT
color of urine in babesiosis
coffee colored
_______ organ plays important role is immunity to B. bigemina
splee
if blood smear of B. bigemina is stained with ACRIDINE ORGANGE, what will be the color of
organism
RBC
organism=yellow
RBC=invisible
name the test specific for B. bigemina diagnosis
Capillary Tub Agglutination test
name a drug and a vaccine against B. bigemina
diminazine
Babesia exoantigen
vacuolated signet ring forms are common in Babesia _______
bovis
ixodes ricinus is vector of Babesia ________
divergens
leaf shaped babesia of sheep & goat
B. foliata
babesia of sheep & goat which does not cause haemoglobinuria
B. taylori
Name the two Babesia species found in horse
B. caballi(large)
B. equi(small)
two pathogenic points of B. caballi infection in horse
paralysis if hind quater
sluding of blood in arteries
DIAGNOSIS of B. cabali
blood is taken from _______ part of body
________ test is performed
skin of ear
ELIZA
name the Babesia of horse which forms maltese cross
B. equi
bame two parasites which form maltese cross
B. equi
B. felis
difference in B. caballi & B. equi
IC=6-10 days/10-20 days
B. equi more pathogenic
hind leg paralysis not found in B. equi
maltese cross not seen in B. cabali
name tei Babesia of dog
B. canis
B. gibsoni
IH for babesia of cat & dog are
Rhiphicephalus sanguineus
B. canis in found in RBC , but is also found in ?
macrophages
endothelial cells of LUNG & LIVER
in B. canis infection, in ACUTE cases death is due to
Respiratory failure
triphozoites are oval in which babesia of dog
B. gibsoni
treatment if B. canis
Trypan blue 5 ml
Phenamidine 10ml
Pirevan 0.05 mg
