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Research
1. Prevalence
of blood parasites in stray and pet dogs in Hyderabad area :
comparative sensitivity of different diagnostic techniqes for the
detection of microfilaria -
J. A. Gadahi, A. G. Arijo, M. Abubakar, S. B. Javaid and M. J.
Arshed
Vet World. 2008; 1(8): 229-232
Abstract
Investigation on the prevalence of blood-parasites in stray and
pet dogs in Hyderabad area of Sindh province was carried out
during the summer season. A total of 300 blood samples (200 from
stray and 100 from pet dogs) were collected and tested for blood
parasites. Data was analyzed to determine prevalence of various
species of blood parasites to establish the correlation of these
infections with age, sex and month. A comparison was also made to
evaluate the sensitivity of these techniques for the detection of
microfilarae. An overall prevalence of blood-parasites was
recorded as 11.66 %;Dirofilaria immitis, Dipetalonema
reconditum and Babesia
canis being 5.33,
1.33 and 5.00 %, respectively. The prevalence in stray and pet
dogs was recorded as 13 and 9 % respectively. The highest
percentage of infection was recorded in the month of July (13.3
%). The adult dogs were more commonly affected (14.70%) than pups
(7.69%). The percentage of infection was greater in females
(18.6%) than males (9.33%). Among the various techniques used,
modified Knott’s technique was found to be the most sensitive
technique for the detection of microfilariae.
Keywords:
Dog, blood-parasites, prevalence and diagnostic techniques.
