Complications of canine babesiosis and analysis of cases

Tick borne diseases are still very important up to this day. Canine babesiosis is a dangerous disease which, if not diagnosed and not treated at the correct time can end up in a canine’s death. The aim of the work is to analyze cases of babesiosis in canine’s and caused complications. To achieve this aim, morphological and biochemical blood indicators of canine’s which have the babesiosis were analyzed, evaluated influence on different factors for this disease and caused complications. The research material was collected in several veterinary clinics of Lithuania from January 2017 to November 2018. During the research 34 canines were tested. Babesiosis was confirmed by testing canine blood samples in search of Babesia spp. protezoa using a microscope. For all of the canines which took part in the research had morphological or biochemical blood indicator test. Most of the canines which had babesiosis were recorded during spring (53 percent) and in autumn (23.5 percent). The most intense disease outbreak was recorded in April and May (26.47 percent). Urea level in canines blood samples were an average of 12.48 µmol/l lower (p