A Study on Occurrence of Anaemia Associated with Haemoprotozoan Diseases in Dogs
Nitin Vaishnav *
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur-482001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Amita Tiwari
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur-482001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Devendra Kumar Gupta
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur-482001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Brejesh Singh
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur-482001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Yamini Verma
Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur-482001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Sachin Jain
Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur-482001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Shivangi Sharma
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur-482001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Aditya Pratap
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur-482001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Neha Sharma
Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur-482001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present work studies the occurrence of anaemia associated with haemoprotozoan diseases in dogs was done at Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur (M.P.) and private pet clinics at Jabalpur from May, 2024 to October, 2024. Out of 2410 screened, 332 were clinically suspected for haemoprotozoan diseases and were subjected to various tests to detect anaemia. Out of 332, 64 dogs were confirmed for haemoprotozoan diseases. Among 64 positive dogs for haemoprotozoa, 58 dogs had anaemia i.e. 17.47% (58/332). The overall occurrence of haemoprotozoan diseases was 2.66% (64/2410) and among the suspected dogs, occurrence was 19.28% (64/332). Among 64 positive cases for haemoprotozoan diseases, the haemoprotozoa found were Ehrlichia spp. in 29 dogs (45.31%), Babesia spp. in 21 dogs (32.82%), Anaplasma spp. in 09 dogs (14.06%), Hepatozoon spp. in 01 dogs (1.56%) and mixed infection in 04 dogs (6.25%). The occurrence of anaemia associated with haemoprotozoan disease was significantly higher in the age group 1-3 years (53.45%), comprising insignificant majority of (60.34%), breed predilection was insignificant, however non-descript dogs had higher occurrence (29.31%).
Keywords: Anaemia, occurrence, dogs, haemoprotozoa, Rickettsia, India