| treatment of theileriosis in crossbred cattle in the punjab. | one hundred and nine cases of bovine tropical theileriosis (theileria annulata infection) in punjab state, india, were treated with oxytetracycline (23 cases) or buparvaquone (86 cases). ages of affected cattle ranged from 6 days to 3 years. oxytetracycline cured only 7 animals (30.4%), all of them calves below 15 days old, while buparvaquone cured all but one (98.8%), a severely affected 10 day old calf. cured cattle remained theileriosis-free for 12 to 18 months following recovery. theileriosi ... | 1993 | 8236482 |
| lowered vaccine dose for immunisation of calves against tropical theileriosis using theileria annulata lymphoblasts. | bovine tropical theileriosis is of high incidence in calves below 2 months old in india. the theileria cell culture vaccine evolved by the punjab agricultural university (pau) was evaluated previously for its efficiency and safety in younger calves, both experimentally and in the field. the dose of cells used for vaccination was regulated at 1.75 to 2 x 10(6) cells. this study, which was undertaken to assess the minimum number of cells which would be effective and safer for vaccination, showed t ... | 1997 | 9512754 |