TY - JOUR ID - TI - CLINICAL AND HEMATOLOGICAL STUDY ON OVINE ANAPLASMOSIS IN SULAIMANI PROVINCE- IRAQ دراسة سريرية ودمية لداء الانابلازما في الاغنام في محافظة السليمانية AU - Bahzad. H. salih Mustafa بهزاد صالح مصطفى PY - 2011 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 97 EP - 104 JO - Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research مجلة البصرة للابحاث البيطرية SN - 18138497 24108456 AB - A study was carried out on Ovine Anaplasmosis in the Sulaimani province ofIraq from September to December2007. Five hundred thin blood smears wereprepared form Peripheral blood of sheep in 10 different localities and stained byGiemsa. The prevalence of Anaplasma Ovis was 24 (4.8%) and the rate was highest8.8% was among animals above 3 years. The infected animal showed mild fever,hyperpnoea and tachycardia. Hematological values of the infected sheep was asfollows: Packed cell volume 22 ± 4.75 % , erythrocyte count 6.42 ± 1.35 ×106/ μl ,hemoglobin concentration 6.95 ± 1.28 g/dl , mean corpuscular volume 35.5 ± 5.85/ fl, mean corpuscular Hemoglobin concentration 11..04 ± 2.42/ pg, mean corpuscularhemoglobin concentration 31.62 ± 6.62 g/dl and WBCs 11.15 ± 2.18× 10³ /μl , serumprotein value 5.875 ± 0.801 mg/dl, serum calcium 8.341± 1.029 mg/dl, conjugateserum bilirubin 0.85 ± 0.314 mg/dl and serum cholesterol 57.291 ± 6.153 mg/dl.

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