Vol. 9, Issue 4, Part I (2024)

Author(s): PI Ganesan, Simran Shekhawat and Mayur Sharma

Abstract: Studies on the pathophysiology of 4 breeds of dogs with varying age groups were admitted in a pet clinic in Jaipur with varying clinical manifestations. Examination of all the 4 dogs was confirmed for the infestation of Rhipicephalus sanguineous ticks. The clinical signs exhibited by the individual infected dogs of all the 4 breeds were recorded. Based on the clinical signs microscopic examination of the blood smears were carried out. All the 4 infected animals revealed small form of Babesia gibsoni within erythrocytes and the hemato-biochemical parameters revealed changes in their values from the normal values. The Pakistan bully and Shih Tzu indicated the complicated version and the other two dogs’ i.e the German shepherd and Labrador indicated the uncomplicated version by their clinical and hematological parameters analysis. In this study the 4 dogs of different breeds with varying age groups suffered with varying clinical signs in complicated cases and in uncomplicated cases the hematological parameters were got altered only in neutrophil /lymphocytes ratio, which may be considered as a diagnostic feature for dogs suffering due to sub clinical status of Babesia gibsoni infection. The attributed pathophysiological factors for changes in their hemato-biochemical parameters in B. gibsoni infected dogs discussed in this study.