Bovine Babesiosis: An Overview

Bovine babesiosis is an economically important tick-borne haemoprotozoan disease affecting cattle and buffaloes. The disease is recognized as a major economic threat to the upgrading of the country’s wealth system. This apicomplexan parasites “Babesia” mainly attack the host erythrocytes and characteristically mainly found in in naïve cattle older than one year, which result in either death or the development of persistent infection in animals, often known as “premunity” that have recovered from the acute phase. Persistently infected animals become reservoirs for transmission by competent ticks