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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 427194" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>Anaplasmosis is a very common disease here and is tick borne. I am sure there are other vectors that also carry the disease, but here its the Blue tick.</p><p></p><p>Its a good thing you reacted the way you did, otherwise you would most likely have lost him. Without a blood smear its nearly impossible to distinguish between redwater (babesiosis) and anaplasmosis so I use a treatment that kills both organisms in the blood.</p><p></p><p>I use Imisol or Imidox. Oxytetracycline and Tetracyclines are very effective against anaplasmosis, but the recovery usually is slow. When giving a oxytetracycline always start by giving a short acting one to get the levels in the blood higher sooner, I usually inject a long acting one the next day.</p><p></p><p>An anti-inflammatory like Phenyl- arthrite in combination with Phosamine will speed the healing process up considerately. It will also help with apetite, an animal who had anaplasmosis typically lack apetite for quite some time afterwards.</p><p></p><p>Another consideration is that constipation or compaction can be a real problem associated with anaplasmosis, so be sure he isn't only getting dry hay and if the feed is very mature supplementing him with a little molasses or any other mild laxative might be cheap insurance.</p><p></p><p>After the high fever that is usually associated with anaplasmosis it is very likley that he will suffer temporary infertility, but it won't be for longer than 3 months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 427194, member: 4353"] Anaplasmosis is a very common disease here and is tick borne. I am sure there are other vectors that also carry the disease, but here its the Blue tick. Its a good thing you reacted the way you did, otherwise you would most likely have lost him. Without a blood smear its nearly impossible to distinguish between redwater (babesiosis) and anaplasmosis so I use a treatment that kills both organisms in the blood. I use Imisol or Imidox. Oxytetracycline and Tetracyclines are very effective against anaplasmosis, but the recovery usually is slow. When giving a oxytetracycline always start by giving a short acting one to get the levels in the blood higher sooner, I usually inject a long acting one the next day. An anti-inflammatory like Phenyl- arthrite in combination with Phosamine will speed the healing process up considerately. It will also help with apetite, an animal who had anaplasmosis typically lack apetite for quite some time afterwards. Another consideration is that constipation or compaction can be a real problem associated with anaplasmosis, so be sure he isn't only getting dry hay and if the feed is very mature supplementing him with a little molasses or any other mild laxative might be cheap insurance. After the high fever that is usually associated with anaplasmosis it is very likley that he will suffer temporary infertility, but it won't be for longer than 3 months. [/QUOTE]
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