Report of three cases of bovine paralytic rabies and babesiosis in Aldama, Tamaulipas

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Rafael Ramírez Romero
Andrea González Báez
Alicia Magdalena Nevárez Garza
Luis Edgar Rodríguez Tovar

Abstract

History of diseases, clinical manifestations, pathologic and histopathological findings, as well as the results of complemen­tary studies of three animals considered representatives of an outbreak of mortality in beef cattle in a ranch located in Al­dama, Tamaulipas, during the first trimester of the 2008 are presented. Babesiosis and paralytic rabies were the presumptive diagnosis in two cases. Both diseases are considered enzootic in this area. Laboratory studies demonstrated that rabies was the main problem (3/3); however, in two of them (2/3) also Babesia bovis was recognized. In enzootic areas, the presence of both diseases, bovine paralytic rabies and babesiosis, occurs simultaneously making diagnosis difficult.

Keywords:
Bovine Paralytic Rabies Babesiosis Beef Cattle Negri Bodies Vampire Bat Desmodus rotundus.

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