CEREBRAL BABESIOSIS IN A DOG: A CASE REPORT

Authors

  • R V Suresh Department of Clinics Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-7
  • A Arun Prasad Department of Clinics Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-7
  • S Prathaban Department of Clinics Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-7
  • M Shiju Simon Department of Clinics Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-7
  • C Balachandran Department of Clinics Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-7

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

CEREBRAL BABESIOSIS, CASE REPORT

Abstract

Babesiosis is caused by intraerythrocytic protozoan parasites of the genus Babesia. A wide range of domestic and wild animals and occasionally man are affected by this disease which is transmitted by ticks and has a world wide distribution. B. gibsoni is a small (2.5 µm), ring-shaped organism and characteristically causes a chronic disease, with progressive anemia as the main sign, in most infected adult dogs and transmitted by brown dog tick Rhiphicephalus sangueinus which is common in Africa and Asia. Cerebral form of babesiosis is limited which involves multiorgan failure. The clinical management of a case of cerebral babesiosis in a dog is presented here. 

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Published

2010-10-10

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 4 (2010): The Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology (IJVSBT) (2010)

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Case Report

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Suresh, R.V., Prasad, A.A., Prathaban, S., Simon , M.S., & Balachandran , C. (2010). CEREBRAL BABESIOSIS IN A DOG: A CASE REPORT . Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology, 5(4), 31–32. https://doi.org/10.48165/
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