Epidemiological Studies on Anaemia in Dogs in Anand, Gujarat
Keywords:
Anaemia, Dogs, Etiology, Haematology, Incidence, Parasitic screeningAbstract
The present work was carried out to study the incidence and etiologies of anaemia in dogs. Out of a total of 1516 dogs presented at the Veterinary Clinical Complex of the College in Anand, 127 (7.86%) dogs were found with anaemia. These anaemic dogs were selected to detect etiologies of anaemia. The highest incidence of anaemia was due to haemorrhagic gastroenteritis (22.05 %) followed in descending order by organopathy (20.47 %), ectoparasitic infestations (15.75%), viral infections (14.96%), iron deficiency (7.87%), rickettsia infections (7.09%), endo-parasitic infections (6.30%), haemoprotozoa infections (2.36 %), pyometra (1.57%), drug and vaccine-associated cause and tumour (0.79%, each). The different etiologies studied in relation to age, sex, and different breed also revealed anaemia mainly due to parasites and haemorrhagic gastroenteritis in puppies and organopathy in older dogs, with a higher prevalence of haemorrhagic gastroenteritis followed by organopathy in both the sexes and also higher incidence in Labrador Retriever and nondescript breeds. This trend suggests the ameliorative measures that should be taken up on priority to prevent the occurrence of anaemia in dogs, particularly puppies and older dogs, and in males than the females.
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