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A severe clinical case of theileriosis with terminal wasting in adult cattle: a veterinary clinical and pathology case report


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Abdullah Jesse, Faez Firdaus and Yan, Chee Hor and Izzati, Uda Zahli and Paul, Bura Thlama and Mohd Lila, Mohd Azmi and Chung, Eric Lim Teik and Wan Ishak, Wan Mohd Sukri and Kanini, Md Nazim Razili and Jimale, Yonis Ahmed and Norsidin, Mohd Jefri (2024) A severe clinical case of theileriosis with terminal wasting in adult cattle: a veterinary clinical and pathology case report. Malaysian Applied Biology, 53 (2). pp. 31-36. ISSN 0126-8643; eISSN: 2462-151X

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This veterinary clinical and pathology case report describes a severe clinical case of theileriosis in adult cattle with prolonged recumbency and terminal wasting because of complications due to chronic theileriosis in two adult (2-year-old) Jersey-Friesian Cross. The case was referred to the large animal clinic of the University Veterinary Hospital (UVH), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The animals were presented as recumbent, dull, depressed, hypothermic, dehydrated, and cachexic. There were poor responses of the patients to fluid therapy and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory treatments, and they both died within 24 hrs of clinical presentation. Haematology (complete blood count and serum biochemistry) results revealed haemoconcentration and faecal examinations were negative for liver fluke infestation and blood smear examination was positive for intraerythrocytic piroplasms of Theileria (0.01% parasitaemia). Post-mortem examination further revealed advanced cachexia, generalised serous atrophy of fat, hepatomegaly, hepatic congestion, pulmonary congestion, and pulmonary oedema. Histological findings revealed atrophy of the hepatic cord, hepatic congestion, splenic hemosiderosis, pulmonary oedema and congestion. The clinicopathological findings supported an aetiological diagnosis of a severe clinical case of Theileriosis with terminal wasting because of complications due to chronic Theileriosis infection.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
UPM Kampus Bintulu
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.55230/mabjournal.v53i2.2752
Publisher: Malaysian Society of Applied Biology
Keywords: Cattle; Clinical pathology; Malnutrition; Theileriosis; Wasting
Depositing User: Ms. Nur Aina Ahmad Mustafa
Date Deposited: 08 Jul 2025 04:08
Last Modified: 08 Jul 2025 04:08
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