Vol. 9, Issue 2, Part D (2024)

Author(s): Vikram Punia, G Das, Suman Kumar, AP Singh, Anju Nayak, DK Gupta, Rupesh Verma, Subhradal Nath and Manoj Dhaka

Abstract: The present study was conducted to record the clinical manifestations exhibited by dogs infected with Babesia spp. The study was conducted on a total of 606 dogs presented at VCC, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur, from June 2022 to May 2022. Out of which, 31 dogs were confirmed for Babesia infection on the basis of clinical signs and microscopic examination. Among the confirmed cases, a maximum 96.77% dogs exhibited anorexia, followed by lymph node swelling in 83.87% dogs. The other clinical signs with milder frequency includes fever (48.38%), anemia (48.38%), congested mucous membrane (41.93%), dark yellow urine, (32.25%), vomition (29.03%) pale mucous membrane (29.03), emaciation (25.8%) and melana (19.35%). The tick species collected from the ailing dogs were identified as Rhipicephalus sanguineus.