Vol. 7, Issue 1 (2018)

Author(s):
Laxmi Bai, Parveen Goel, Ricky Jhambh and Preeti

Abstract:
To evaluate clinical and hematological aspects of dogs naturally infected with Hepatozoon canis (H. canis) presented at the TVCC, Department of Veterinary Medicine, LUVAS, the present study was performed. Three dogs were found positive on microscopic blood smear examination and the clinical symptoms were mild to moderate fever, pale mucosae and lethargy and one dog was showing vomiting symptoms. Haematological alterations showed increased MCV and monocyte count. Serum biochemical values showed increase in AST, GGT and ALP.