Survey of Blood Protozoa and Blood Parasites of Pet Dogs in Samut Prakan Province

Authors

  • Sathaporn Jittapalapong Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Saowanit Tipsawake Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

Abstract

Survey of 185 blood samples of pet dogs from Samut-Prakan province were examined for blood protozoa and blood parasites. The percentages of infection were Babesia canis 7 samples (3.75%), Hepatozoon canis 4 samples (2.16%), Ehrlichia canis 26 samples (14.05%) and microfilaria 25 samples (13.51%). The mixed infections were also found as follow, Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis 2 samples (1.08%), Hepatozoon canis and Ehrlichia canis 1 sample (0.53%), Hepatozoon canis and microfilaria 1 sample (0.53%), Ehrlichia canis and microfilaria 7 samples (3.78%) and Babesia canis, Ehrlichia canis and microfilaria 1 sample (0.53%). Age of animals at the time of the survey (Single and Mixed) was 2 years to 5 years.

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Published

1991-03-31

How to Cite

Sathaporn Jittapalapong, and Saowanit Tipsawake. 1991. “Survey of Blood Protozoa and Blood Parasites of Pet Dogs in Samut Prakan Province”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 25 (1). Bangkok, Thailand:75-82. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/241906.

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 1 (1991): January-March

Section

Research Article

License

online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
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