Anaplasmosis

[Anonymous]

I recently had an old cow that was losing lots of weight, always out of breath, and she seemed to stumble around and run into other cattle...she died 3 days after I noticed the symptoms so I called in a vet and they took blood samples and came back and told me she had anaplasmosis...I still have no clue how she got it..I always thought rickesttsial parasites thrived in warm, tropical type of areas...I live on high elevation land so its usually pretty cold here...I just cant think of a reason that it'd be in a cold climate as it is here...well if yall can think of any reasons it'd be here or if I need to be alarmed or anything about it then yall can just leave a comment

thanks for any info or advice

Have a good day

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[Susie David]

Sorry about your situation...antiplasmosis is a really nasty disease. Not just insects and ticks transmit it, it can be passed with needles and other instruments not properly used. Chances are that her calves also have it and are probably carriers.
Hate to say it but if it were in in one of my animals I'd have the whole herd tested and treat accordingly. What has your vet told you about testing?
Good luck...Dmc

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry about your situation...antiplasmosis is a really nasty disease. Not just insects and ticks transmit it, it can be passed with needles and other instruments not properly used. Chances are that her calves also have it and are probably carriers.
Hate to say it but if it were in in one of my animals I'd have the whole herd tested and treat accordingly. What has your vet told you about testing?
Good luck...Dmc

well she had a calf but it was a few months early and it died the next day and the doc said he wasn't sure how she got it or if I need to be alarmed about it or not...he said if it was a tick or skeeter that gave it to my cow then I needed to start worrying...I took the rest of the cattle out of that pasture until we can get the cow out and disposed of but the vet said it wasn't contagious unless blood was passed to each other but I dunno...my cousin works as a vet doctor and I reckon i'll have to get him to come check it out

Thanks for the advice though

Have a good day

 

[rebelrodeobulls]

Here is the person than invented, manufactures, and distributes vaccine for anaplasmosis. He knows all about everything and is easy to talk to.
Dr. Gene Luther
425 Woodstone Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
1-800-308-5242
1-225-769-4146

 

[andybob]

Anaplasmosis is one of the diseases endemic to our area, the local wild antelope are carriers and ticks the main vectors.
The exotic cattle in our area were all vaccinated and regularly dipped for ticks, as our cattle have a natural resistence to the local tick bourne diseases, I exposed our cattle to ticks to keep up the challenge and therefore the resistence to local diseases. If the disease has established in your area, a comprehensive vaccination programme for the entire herd would be a good precaution.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the help Andybob and rebelrodeobulls

Have a great day

 

[preston39]

The flys have been TERRIBLE this summer.

We have our first ever case of Anaplasmosis.

A 5 year old 1100# Angus x Herford (black/white face F-1)with a 4 month old calf. She is disorented, muscles trembling, with somewhat agressive posituring, for an otherwise calm, gentle cow. Her gums are a tan color as well as inside her vulva.(Vet says the sites could also be yellow) She can barely stand and sways from side to side with only a few 1' step movements. She was fine at the periodic call-in and treats at 6 AM.,at noon she was standing in the field/sun alone with other cows yonder. We gave her antibiotics in the field to avoid stress of getting her to the barn. Vet says the prognosis for the next 24 hours is critical/iffy with a 10 day- 2 week recovery period. We located the calf and put him in a corral for now.

Certainly time is critical for treatment and death comes within hours. If I understand the Vet correctly one would need to see symptoms as they begin, to have a deacent chance to save them.

Susie David, you are correct 'it is a nasty disease'.

 

[S&WSigma40VEShooter]

The flys have been TERRIBLE this summer.

We have our first ever case of Anaplasmosis.

A 5 year old 1100# Angus x Herford (black/white face F-1)with a 4 month old calf. She is disorented, muscles trembling, with somewhat agressive posituring, for an otherwise calm, gentle cow. Her gums are a tan color as well as inside her vulva.(Vet says the sites could also be yellow) She can barely stand and sways from side to side with only a few 1' step movements. She was fine at the periodic call-in and treats at 6 AM.,at noon she was standing in the field/sun alone with other cows yonder. We gave her antibiotics in the field to avoid stress of getting her to the barn. Vet says the prognosis for the next 24 hours is critical/iffy with a 10 day- 2 week recovery period. We located the calf and put him in a corral for now.

Certainly time is critical for treatment and death comes within hours. If I understand the Vet correctly one would need to see symptoms as they begin, to have a deacent chance to save them.

Susie David, you are correct 'it is a nasty disease'.

Wow,

Had a cow that had all these symptoms didnt check her vulva or her mouth but it was from dallis grass staggers.

 

[MoGal]

You can research this out and use your own judgment. You may lose your cow anyway so its worth a try.
Hopefully your cow is still drinking water.

1/4th teaspoon Muleteam Borax to ONE liter of water (you find it in the laundry section)

Here's a link that talks about it..... I believe it will cure anaplasmosis
http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/borax2.html

Muleteam Borax kills fungus and bacteria and parasites..... isn't anaplasmosis a parasite of the blood?
here's another explanation: http://www.earthclinic.com/print.php?ac ... BACKGROUND

 

[preston39]

Lost the cow 30 hours later.

MoGal,
Yes the parasite attaches itself to the RBC's and prevents oxygen from being transferred. Consulted with two vets...one to verify the guidance from the other.
There is not much chance to save the animal once the clinical signs have begun...if I understand the Doc's correctly.

 

[MoGal]

I'm sorry for your loss.