Prevalence of Haemoprotozoans in Canines in Chennai City
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A total of 4190 blood smears were collected between January and December 2007 from dogs exhibiting clinical signs of haemoprotozoan infections. On blood smear examination 485 blood smears were found to be positive for various haemoprotozoa and rickettsia. Among the positive cases , the majority of haemoprotozoans identified were Babesia gibsoni 84.9%, followed by Ehrlichia canis 6 %, Hepatazoan canis 4.8%, Babesia canis 3.9% and Trypanasoma evansi 0.4%. The high prevalence of haemoprotozoan infection was observed during monsoon season. However B.gibsoni was at a higher prevalence during summer and winter. The highest infection was in adults 63.1% but evenly distributed amongst all breeds of dogs. No significant difference was recorded amongst sex .
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