Epidemiological Study on Canine Babesiosis in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48165/ijvsbt.21.6.30Keywords:
Babesiosis, Canine, Epidemiology, JaipurAbstract
The present study was conducted on dogs suspected for babesiosis (n=100), in Jaipur (Rajasthan, India) presented with the history of inappetence to anorexia, pyrexia, tick infestation, lethargy and signs of anaemia. Out of 100 dogs, 24 (24%) were found positive for Babesia spp., which were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. The highest incidence of canine babesiosis was seen in the age group of 1-5 years (29.16%), sex-wise in male dogs (25.92%) and breed-wise in Labrador Retrievers (34.78%). Clinical observations in 24 babesiosis positive dogs revealed anorexia in 23 dogs, fever/pyrexia and tick infestation in 21 dogs, depression and lethargy in 19 dogs, lymphadenopathy in 15 dogs and pale mucous membrane in 9 dogs.Downloads
References
Bilwal, A., & Mandali, G. (2016). Prevalence of canine babesiosis in and around Anand region, Gujarat. Advances in Life Sciences, 5(19), 8626-8627.
Brahma, J., Chandrasekaran, D., Jayathangaraj, M. G., Vairamuthu, S., & Soundararajan, C. (2019). Clinical, haemato-biochemical and molecular findings of babesiosis in dogs. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8(1), 2127-2132.
Brandao, L. P., Hagiwara, M. K., & Myiashiro, S. I. (2003). Humoral immunity and reinfection resistance in dogs experimentally inoculated with Babesia canis and either treated or untreated with imidocarb dipropionate. Veterinary Parasitology, 114(4), 253-265.
Chaurasia, R., Mehta, H. K., Choudhary, N. S., Jayraw, A. K., Jain, A., Rajput, N., Joshi, M., & Patil, J. U. (2022). Clinical occurrence of canine babesiosis in around Indore, Madhya Pradesh in India associated with epidemiological implications. The Pharma Innovation Journal, 11(10), 356-361.
Egege, S. C., Okolocha, E. C., Nwanta, J. A., & Mosimabable, F. O. (2008). Prevalence and seasonality of babesiosis in dogs treated at a university veterinary clinic in Kaduna, Nigeria from 1990-1999. Nigerian Veterinary Journal, 29(3), 21-26.
Gonde, S., Chhabra, S., Singla, L. D., & Randhawa, C. (2017). Clinico haemato-biochemical changes in naturally occurring canine babesiosis in Punjab, India. Malaysian Journal of Veterinary Research, 8(1), 37-44.
Gonmei, C., Sarma, K., Roychoudhury, P., Ali, M. A., Singh, D., Prasad, H., Ahmed, F. A., Lalmuanpuii, R., Shah, N., Singh, N. S., & Choudhury, J. K. (2020). Molecular diagnosis and clinical haemato-biochemical alterations and oxidant–antioxidant biomarkers in Babesia-infected dogs of Mizoram, India. Journal of Vector-Borne Diseases, 57(3), 226.
Kumar, P., Kumar, V., Gopal, H., Sharma, H., & Wadhawan, V. M. (2015). Prevalence of canine babesiosis in and around Jalandhar (Punjab), India. Veterinary Clinical Science, 3(1), 1-3.
Kunwar, V., Bhatt, P., Kumar, S., Yadav, M., & Singh, A. K. (2021). Epidemiological investigation on canine babesiosis in Tarai region of Uttarakhand. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 91(5), 368-371.
Laha, R., Bhattacharjee, K., Sarmah, P. C., Das, M., Goswami, A., Sarma, D., & Sen, A. (2014). Babesia infection in naturally exposed pet dogs from a Northeastern state (Assam) of India: Detection by microscopy and polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 38(4), 389-393.
Leica, L., Mitrea, I. L., & Ionita, M. (2019). Clinical occurrence of canine babesiosis in the coastal area of the Black Sea (Dobrogea) in southeastern Romania and associated epidemiological implications. Journal of Parasitology, 105(4), 491-496.
Mahalingaiah, M. K. C., Asoor, M., Thimmaiah, R. P., Narayanaswamy, H. D., Mukartal, S. Y., Elattuvalappil, A. M., Chikkahonnaiah, N., Gupta, S., & Singh, S. (2017). Prevalence of canine babesiosis in different breeds of dogs in and around Bengaluru. Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, 5(3), 140-144.
Mahima, H. K., Bagherwal, R. K., & Chaurasia, R. (2020). Prevalence of haemoprotozoan diseases in canines. The Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology, 15(3), 70.
Panda, C., Dehuri, M., Panda, M. R., Sahoo, L. K., & Mohanty, B. (2021). Molecular detection of canine babesiosis in and around Bhubaneswar, India. The Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology, 17(3), 70.
Schetters, T., Moubri, K., Precigout, E., Kleuskens, J., Scholtes, N. C., & Gorenflot, A. (1997). Different Babesia canis isolates, different diseases. Parasitology, 115, 485-493.
Singh, A., Singh, H., Singh, N. K., Singh, N. D., & Rath, S. S. (2014). Canine babesiosis in northwestern India: Molecular detection and assessment of risk factors. BioMed Research International, 2014, 1-5.
Solano-Gallego, L., Sainz, A., Roura, X., Estrada-Pena, A., & Miro, G. (2016). A review of canine babesiosis: The European perspective. Parasites and Vectors, 9(1), 336.
Tsegay, A. K., Abebe, B., Amano, F., & Gemeda, A. (2016). Study on prevalence of major tick and tick borne haemoparasites of dogs visiting Jimma University Veterinary Open-Air Clinic. Middle East Journal of Scientific Research, 24(7), 2342-2351.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
