Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue: 2

Clinico-pathology and therapeutic management of hepatozoonosis in dogs: Case study

  • Author:
  • K.H. Ingole1, G.K. Sawale2, R.R. Rohi1, P.R. Suryavanshi, S.S. Sabale, G.P. Bharkad3, S.V. Vishwasrao
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 159 to 161

Department of Veterinary Pathology, Mumbai Veterinary College, Western Express Highway, Near Mahananda Dairy, Goregaon, Mumbai-400 065, India

1TVCC.

2Corresponding Author: E-mail: gk_sawale@yahoo.com.

3Parasitology.

4Polyclinic.

Online published on 9 April, 2012.

Abstract

The diagnosis of Hepatozoon canis was confirmed microscopically in two male dogs by demonstrating the presence of gametocytes within leucocytes in Leishman-stained peripheral blood smears. The clinical, hematological and biochemical picture of the infection are discussed.

Keywords

Hepatozoon canis, Dogs, Haemato-biochemical alterations, Treatment