VPA-0065
QUESTION
Red fever in cattle is caused by?
OPTIONS
(A) Babesia bigemina
(B) Eimeria bovis
(C) Entamoeba bovis
(D) Trypanosoma evansi
ANSWER
(A) Babesia bigemina
EXPLANATION
Babesia bigemina causes bovine babesiosis, commonly called red fever or redwater disease, because intravascular hemolysis can produce fever, anemia, hemoglobinuria, and red urine. Eimeria bovis causes coccidiosis, Entamoeba bovis is not the cause of this syndrome, and Trypanosoma evansi causes surra.
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