A Clinico-Pathological Study of Canine Hepatozoonosis Chandratre Gauri A.*, Jangir Babu Lal, Nehra Vikas, Lather Deepika Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS), Hisar-125004 (Haryana) *Assistant Professor and Corresponding author E-mail: chandratre.gauri@gmail.com
Online published on 4 May, 2019. Abstract A clinico-pathological study was conducted on ten dogs showing clinical signs of fever, emaciation pale mucs membrane and hind limb paralysis. Blood samples were processed for hematological and biochemical alterations. The diagnosis was made by finding H. canis gamonts within leucocytes in Giemsa stained blood smears. Anemia, leucocytopenia with neutrophilia, thrombocytopenia were significant findings in hematological investigation. Abnormal serum biochemical values were hyperproteinaemia, increased serum alkaline phosphatase activity and increased serum alanine transaminase activity indicating liver damage. Top Keywords Anemia, Hepatozoon canis, hepatozoonosis, liver, paralysis. Top |