Antiprotozoal treatment of canine babesiosis

Canine babesiosis.

Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease affecting humans and many domestic and wild animals. Domestic animals showing appreciable morbidity and mortality include dogs, cats, cattle and horses. Both canine and feline babesiosis are diseases characterised by haemolytic anaemia, icterus and haemoglobinuria. Canine babesiosis can range from chronic or subclinical to peracute and fatal, depending on the ...

Antibabesial Treatment Protocols against Canine Babesiosis

Canine babesiosis is an important tick-borne disease caused by hemoprotozoan parasites of the genus Babesia, and the predominant species infecting dogs is Babesia gibsoni. The disease has been identified worldwide and is now recognized as a serious emergent disease in dogs. Although the incidence of canine babesiosis has been increasing, effective and crucial therapeutic modality is unavailable...

Successful treatment of babesiosis in a horse

Survey of canine babesiosis in South Africa.

A questionnaire, designed to obtain qualitative information on a number of variables concerning canine babesiosis (biliary fever) in South Africa, was sent to 510 veterinary practices in late 1993. Of the 157 practices that responded, all were presented with cases of babesiosis and most were situated in Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Apart from the Western Cape, a winter-rainfall ...

Treatment and thrombocyte levels in experimentally induced canine ehrlichiosis and canine babesiosis.

Three dogs which were carriers of Babesia canis were infected with Ehrlichia canis. These animals developed clinical signs and haematological evidence of ehrlichiosis and made an uneventful recovery, despite the fact that they were subsequently treated with doxycycline only. Three control dogs which were also carriers of B. canis were clinically normal, despite the fact that they showed a disti...