Lucky_P
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Took in the first two Anaplasmosis cases of the year today - one right behind the other.
Clinical history was: "This cow was fine yesterday, dead today."
In all likelihood, she probably wasn't 'just fine' yesterday - but unless you're actually LOOKING at individual animals, you might not notice them moving slow, or being lethargic, or breathing rapidly(pretty common in the heat, even if they're not sick).
Both cows had yellow connective tissues, huge pulpy spleens, and hard, dry, mucus-coated feces - looked a lot like horse fecal balls.
One was so rotten that I'll likely not be able to definitively confirm Anaplasmosis, but there's not much doubt in my mind that that's what she died of. Second one was quite a bit fresher, and I was able to see the organisms on RBCs in stained impression smears of the spleen.
Be on the lookout for cows moving slow, hanging back, etc.
Clinical history was: "This cow was fine yesterday, dead today."
In all likelihood, she probably wasn't 'just fine' yesterday - but unless you're actually LOOKING at individual animals, you might not notice them moving slow, or being lethargic, or breathing rapidly(pretty common in the heat, even if they're not sick).
Both cows had yellow connective tissues, huge pulpy spleens, and hard, dry, mucus-coated feces - looked a lot like horse fecal balls.
One was so rotten that I'll likely not be able to definitively confirm Anaplasmosis, but there's not much doubt in my mind that that's what she died of. Second one was quite a bit fresher, and I was able to see the organisms on RBCs in stained impression smears of the spleen.
Be on the lookout for cows moving slow, hanging back, etc.