Table 1.

Summary of clinical and laboratory data for cattle infected with piroplasms and Anaplasma marginale / A. ovis

Animal no.	Month when diseased (tested)	Age in year	Main clinical signs	Laboratory findings			Status/outcome
				Haematocrit	Blood smear	Molecular
1.	November	3	lethargy, ataxia, oedema, recumbency1	27%	Bm	ne	death in 2 wk
2.	December	3	lethargy, oedema, recumbency	ne	Bm	ne	slaughtered
3.	December	10	haemoglobinuria, recumbency	ne	Bm	ne	death in 4 wk
4.	(January)	0.3	-	30%	ne	Bm	healthy
5.	(January)	0.5	-	normal	ne	Bm + Am	healthy
6.	(January)	8	anaemia	22%	ne	Tb	treated: recovery
7-9.	(January)	5,7,10	-	normal	ne	Tb + Am	healthy

¹Clinical laboratory findings of animal No 1. [normal range]:

- elevated: aspartate-aminotransferase (AST): 337.2 [10–160] IU/l, alkaline phosphatase (AP): 310 [40–200] IU/l, glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH): 116.8 [10–25] U/l, carbamid: 6.6 [1–3.7] mmol/l, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH): 10050 [<450] U/l.

- lowered: albumin: 23.7 g/l [35–42].

Abbreviations: Bm Babesia major, Tb Theileria buffeli, Am Anaplasma marginale/A. ovis, ne not evaluated, wk week(s).