Recurring hemolytic anemia, babesiasis, and influenza A viruses in a yak at low altitude in Nepal.
Episodes of hemolysis and leukocytosis which were associated with Babesia bigemina followed each of 3 challenge exposures to influenza A viruses. It is possible that viral infection altered the immunologic host-parasite equilibrium. Acute thrombocytopenia and rouleaux formation were also observed. Death, attributed to liver flukes, occurred 168 days after the yak was transferred from high to low altitude. A 2nd yak died of foot-and-mouth disease, thus supporting the Nepali belief that yaks will not survive at the lower altitudes of Kathmandu.
D000531:Altitude; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001188:Artiodactyla; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000150:complications*; D004022:Dictyocaulus Infections / Q000150:complications; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D009390:Nepal; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary
D006454:Hemoglobins