Evaluation of liver & kidney function tests in donkey’s piroplasmosts

This work Vias carried out to study liver and kidney functions during ah experimental aoute course of BAbesia equi infection. from the other hand the prophylactic effect of BCG vaccination aB a protective immunization against equille piroplasmoois was incof the disease A group of 15 donkeys with an age ranged fl”om 3.5tD 4.5 yea~s in a gt>od healthy conditions and previouslytreated agaJ.hst the in-testinal parasi-tes L1Sing panacur e ,were chosen for the experLnental work.Tile first gro~p ODhsisted of 5ix donkeys. It wastel!ted by tubel”c ul1n befOl”e ihj eo -eiOh of BOG.They prDved to be negative for tuberoul1n test. were theh injeoted BCG va.ccine ih-(;rade~lly withAfter 0116 month they were infected with Babesiainfected blood. The parasitaemia waB 98%. (BCG 1n!ect.d group).