Prevalence of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis in canine population of Garividi region of Andhra Pradesh

The present study was taken from March 2023 to February 2024 to determine the prevalence of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis (HGE) in dogs that were presented to Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science, Garividi with the purpose to determine the prevalence and associated etiologies causing hemorrhagic gastroenteritis in the area. A total of 1292 dogs were presented to the VCC with the history of anorexia, dullness, vomiting, hematemesis, blood tinged/ brownish colored diarrhea and putrid odour feces. The overall prevalence of HGE was 19.2 per cent among the presented cases. The prevalence in young ones (< 6 months) was higher than the adult dogs (above 3 years) with prevalence ranging from 62.1 to 2.4 per cent, respectively. The prevalence was higher in male (75.8%) than female (24.2%) dogs. Mongrel breed of dogs showed high prevalence of 40.72 per cent followed by Spitz, Labrador, German shepherd and lowest in Pug, Husky and Terrier breeds of dogs with 1.21 per cent. HGE due to Canine Parvovirus infection (45.2%) followed by intestinal parasitic infestation (27.8%), combined infection of parvovirus and intestinal parasites (12.5%), other conditions (9.7%) and Isosporiosis (4.8%) were the etiologies that resulted in HGE in dogs.