Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Technique based
Prevalence of Surra in Equines
Ahsan Nadeem, Asim Aslam*, Zafar Iqbal Chaudhary,
Kamran Ashraf1, Khalid Saeed1, Nisar Ahmad1,
Ishtiaq Ahmed and Habib ur Rehman2
Department of Pathology, 1Department
of Parasitology, Department of Physiology2,
University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
*Corresponding author:
drasimaslamch@yahoo.com
Abstract
This project was carried out to find the
prevalence of trypanosomiasis in equine in District Gujranwala by using indirect
fluorescent antibody technique and thin smear method. Blood samples were
collected from a total of 200 horses and donkeys of different ages and either
sex.Duplicate thin blood smears were
prepared from each sample and remaining blood samples were centrifuged to
separate the serum. Smears from each animal were processed for giemsa staining
and indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT). Giemsa stained smears revealed
Trypanosomeinfection in 4/200 (2.0%)
samples and IFAT in 12/200 (6.0%) animals.