TY  - GEN
T1  - Clinico-haemato-biochemical changes in naturally occurring canine babesiosis in Punjab, India
A1  - Suresh, Gonde
LA  - English
YR  - 2019
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/oai:http:--agris.upm.edu.my:0-15712
AB  - A comprehensive study was conducted on the clinical observations
including clinical history, physical examination along with haematobiochemical alteration on 41 naturally occurring cases of canine babesiosis from Punjab state, India. Examination of 964 dogs revealed 4.25 percent (41/964) prevalence of the disease including 3.84 percent (37) B. gibsoni and 0.41 percent (4) B. canis infected cases. Clinical and parasitological diagnosis was finally confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. A large variation of clinical  anifestations including rare findings of paraplegia, blindness, ocular bleeding, immune mediated haemolytic anaemia (IMHA), ascites and skin lesions were observed among the affected animals. Blood
films showed anisocytosis and nucleated erythrocytes indicating regenerative anaemia. Blood parameters of the affected dogs revealed significant decrease in Hb, TEC, PCV and thrombocytes. Significant
decrease in lymphocytes was found in B. gibsoni affected animals. The affected dogs showed significant increase in serum bilirubin, ALT, AKP, BUN and creatinine. Haemato-biochemical observations were
indicative of severity of babesiosis in dogs.
KW  - Babesiosis
KW  - Babesia
KW  - Dogs
KW  - Clinical examination
KW  - Haematology
KW  - Biochemical reactions
KW  - Laboratory diagnosis
KW  - Parasitology
KW  - Polymerase chain reaction
KW  - Scanning microscopy
KW  - Fever
KW  - Anaemia
KW  - Haemolytic anaemia
KW  - Vomiting
KW  - Dysfunction
ER  -