Thilarisasis

• Tick borne protozoan disease
• Characterized by fever and lymphoproliferative disorder

a) Etiology:

• Theilaria spps.

b) Transmission:

• Biting by insects

c) Sign and symptoms:

• High fever (40-41⁰C)
• Inflammation of lymph node
• Increased heart and respiratory rate
• Anaemia
• Labored respiration
• Serous nasal discharge and cough
• Mortality is high

d) Diagnosis:

• Koch bodies ( organism in RBC and WBC)
• ELSA test

e) Differential diagnosis:

• Heart water
• Babesiosis
• Malignant catarrhal fever