AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY ON CANINE HEMOPROTOZOA IN JABALPUR (MADHYA PRADESH)

The present work was planned to study the epidemiological pattern of prevalent hemoprotozoa of dogs in Jabalpur (MP). The overall prevalence of hemoprotozoa during November 2012 to October 2013 was 10.60%. The prevalence of Babesia sp. was 10.48%, whereas Hepatozoon canis was showed 0.12 % prevalence. The month wise prevalence study of Babesia spp. revealed highest prevalence (18.18%) in the month of August followed by 16.67 % in July. The lowest prevalence was reported in March. The age wise prevalence of babesiosis revealed highest prevalence (13.27%) in the 1-3 years age group, followed by 12.94 % prevalence in dogs of 5-7 years age and 12.92 % prevalence in 7-9 years age group. The sex wise prevalence study revealed 14.77 % prevalence in females as compared with 7.38 per cent in males. The maximum prevalence was noticed in German Shepherd breed, i.e., 15.47 % followed by Samoyed, Pug and Non-descript in which prevalence was found to be 15.25, 12.50 and 10.94, respectively. There was significant variation (p < 0.05) in the prevalence of babesiosis during different months and in different age groups, sex and breeds