Occurrence Of Parasitic Infections In Dogs In And Around  Ludhiana, Punjab (India)

Harkirat Singh; M Haque; Jyoti; N K  Singh; S S Rath

doi:10.48165/

Authors

Harkirat Singh Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, 141 004, Punjab, India
M Haque Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, 141 004, Punjab, India
Jyoti Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, 141 004, Punjab, India
N K Singh Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, 141 004, Punjab, India
S S Rath Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev VDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, 141 004, Punjab, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Canine, gastro-intestinal parasites, haemoprotozoa, Punjab

Abstract

A total of 634 canines were sampled for both haematological (460) and coprological (174) investigations at Small Animal Clinics, GADVASU, Ludhiana, India during the year 2010. Examination of Giemsa stained peripheral blood smears exhibited 10.21% (47/460) haemoprotozoan comprizing of Babesia gibsoni (8.26%), Hepatozoon canis (1.08%), B. canis (0.65%) and Trypanosoma evansi (0.21%). B. gibsoni infection was significantly higher (p<0.05) in male dogs. Coprological examination revealed that the prevalence of gastro-intestinal parasitic infection was 24.71% (43/174). Among these Isospora spp. and Ancylostoma spp. were 2.29 and 22.41%, respectively. The present work emphasized that B. gibsoni and hookworms were most prevalent blood- and gastro-intestinal parasites in canines in and around Ludhiana, Punjab (India).

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