ALTERACÕES HEMATOLÓGICAS EM CÃES COM SUSPEITA CLÍNICA DE HEMOPARASITOSES ATENDIDOS NA ROTINA CLÍNICA DO HOSPITAL VETERINÁRIO DO CCA, UFPB

Abstract

The fast growth of cities has caused irreversible degradation to the environment, what causes an increasing incidence of various diseases in urban centers and surrounding area, so that the companion animals are the main reservoir of zoonotic diseases. The Rhipicephalus sanguineus is the main vector responsible for the transmission of most blood parasites, and it is distributed throughout Brazil. This study aimed to determine the frequency of hemoparasitosis as well as clinical and hematological change caused by these diseases in patients in the clinical routine of the Veterinary Hospital of CCA, UFPB. The Clinical Pathology Laboratory received 83 blood samples and swipe samples of peripheral blood in slides, of which there was a positivity of 32,54% for blood parasites: 14,45% for Ehrlichia canis, 9,64% for Hepatozoon canis, 4,81% for Babesia canis, 2,40% for Anaplasma platys, and a coinfection case of B. canis and H. canis (1,20%). The mongrel dogs and those under the age of one year old were most affected. Through the established data it could be noticed that the hemoparasitosis are still very common in treated dogs in veterinary hospitals. Even without high sensitivity, the swipe samples of peripheral blood were able to detect the prevalence of hemoparasitosis in treated animals in the clinical routine of Veterinary Hospital of CCA in Areia, PB, which Ehrlichia canis had the higher incidence.