ALTERNATION OF HEMATOLOGICAL AND SERUM  BIOCHEMICAL PROFILES IN DOGS NATURALLY  INFECTED WITH HEPATOZOON CANIS IN SOUTH  WESTERN GUJARAT, INDIA

B.R. Maharana; Binod Kumar; B. J. Thakre; N. D. Hirani; T. K. Patbandha

doi:10.56093/ijvasr.v45i3.158624

Authors

B.R. Maharana Assistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science & A.H., JAU., Junagadh, Gujarat - 362 001,
Binod Kumar Asst. Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science & A.H., JAU., Junagadh, Gujarat, 362001
B. J. Thakre Asst. Professor, Teaching Veterinary Clinical complex, College of Veterinary Science & A.H., JAU., Junagadh, Gujarat, 362001
N. D. Hirani Asst. Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science & A.H., JAU., Junagadh, Gujarat, 362001,
T. K. Patbandha Polytechnic in Animal Husbandry, Junagadh (Gujarat)- 362001, India, JAU., Junagadh, Gujarat - 362 001

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvasr.v45i3.158624

Keywords:

Biochemical, Dog, Hematological, Hepatozoon canis.

Abstract

This study represents Hepatozoon canis infection in three among seventy eight dogs referred to Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex (TVCC), Veterinary College, Junagadh from January to April 2013 with prior history of anorexia, anemia, depression and difficulty in locomotion. Significant clinical findings included higher body temperature (106oF), enlarged lymph nodes and congested mucus membrane. Blood smears were stained with Giemsa stain revealed capsule shaped gametocytes of H. canis in the cytoplasm of approximately 15 to 20% circulating neutrophils. This is the first time documentation of hepatozoonosis in dogs from south western Gujarat, India and hence placed on record.

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