Effect of blood parasitic infestation -equine piroplasmosis - on the picture of some trace elements in equines

This work was carried out to study th~ effect of Equineon the picture of sume truce e18ments in The study was divided into two ~ain categories :•Studying the clinicn1 finJings of the disease in 54 naturally infecteJ Jonkeys in the Province of Assiut •Three experiments were carried out.A. Cortisone injection experiment :A group of donkeys consisted of 6 donkeys, five of them were injected with Cortisone (Decudronephosphate) 8 mg in 2 ml Solution ueeyly i.m. daily for five uays. One of the 6 uonkeys waS left us control. It was injacted 2 ml s2linEl.Spleneotomy experiment :_ A group of 5 donkeys were splenectomized._ One donkey wus left unBlnectoillizs u control.c- Experimental infection of non sylen~ctomizeuu onkeys sA group of 6 donk~Ys were divided into 2