Self-cure in zebu calves experimentally infected with Trypanosoma vivax.
The course of an experimental infection of Zebu calves (6-12 months old) with Trypanosoma vivax was studied. Three of eight (38%) infected calves died, two within the first three weeks of infection and the other at 17 weeks. The remaining animals were self-cured. It would appear that self-cure of the infection was related to the ability of the calves to control parasitaemia as well as the severity of anaemia.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000469:parasitology*; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000502:physiology; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000097:blood / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
D006454:Hemoglobins