Piroplasmosis Equina en el Municipio de Villa-Rosario (Colombia).

Abstract

On 27/04/2019 it entered to Villa Maria’s breeder an equine female of eight years old, brown with a gestation in the seventh month that presented inappetence signs and edema in her members, after having performed clinical evaluation it observed ticks in the ears zone , mucous icteric, dehydration, pyrexia, and edema in her members, it was realized an hematic square with smear extended for hemoparasite, hepatic and renal profile, where is evidenced a marked hypochromic microcytic anemia with total low proteins and thrombocytopenia. The extended smear is positive for Babesia Equina classified as Theileria equi, in the hepatic profile the total increased bilirubin (BI) and renal profile (Creatine and BUN increased) we proceed to deal with oxytetracycline 10mg/kg IV every 24 hours over 7 days. The patient evolved and was left in the pastures with the others animals. On 18/05/2019 the workers reported that the patient presented inappetence, we did a control test (hematic, hepatic and renal square test), in the hematic square was evidenced hypochromic macrocytic anemia with leucopenia neutropenia waivers and lymphopenia, in the increased hepatic profile (AST, BI), normal renal profile. it was concluded that this medicaments therapy was satisficing, what It was proved with post-treatment tests.