Journal of Animal Research
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 3

Hospital Prevalence of Canine Hemolytic Anemia in Punjab

  • Author:
  • Riyaz Ahmed Bhat1,, Pritpal Singh Dhaliwal1, Naresh Kumar Sood2, Baljinder Kumar Bansal1, Sanjeev Kumar Uppal1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 555 to 557

1Department of Veterinary Medicine, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

2Department of TVCC, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

*Corresponding author: RA Bhat; E mail: koolriya22@gmail.com

Online published on 23 September, 2016.

Abstract

The present study was conducted on anemic dogs presented to the small animal clinics of the department of Veterinary Medicine GADVASU Ludhiana, Punjab from September 2014 to August 2015. Total number of the cases screened randomly in this period were 1749 and among them 214 cases were having haemolytic anemia and the prevalence was 12.25%. The most prevalent causes of haemolytic agent was Ehrlichia canis in this study followed by Babesia gibsoni, primary immune-mediated haemolytic anemia, neoplasia, Babesia canis and toxicity.

Keywords

anemia, babesia, Ehrlichia canis, prevalence