Hematological and biochemical studies of stephanofilarial dermatitis in naturally infected cattle of West Bengal, India.

This experimental study was conducted to assess the alterations in hematobiochemical values of cattle infected with stephanofilarial microfilariae. Hematological studies of infected cattle revealed significant (P<0.05) decrease in Hb%, PCV and TEC values whereas TLC values were significantly (P<0.05) increased. There was insignificant increase in lymphocyte concentration (%), significant (P<0.05) increase in eosinophil concentration (%) and insignificant decrease in neutrophil concentration (%) in infected cattle in relation to control animal. Biochemical studies revealed that the values of glucose, alkaline phosphatase, AST and ALT were significantly (P<0.05) increased in infected cattle than control cattle. However, the value of total serum protein was not affected.
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