| critical analysis of vector-borne infections in dogs: babesia vogeli, babesia gibsoni, ehrlichia canis and hepatozoon canis in punjab, india. | there are few published studies on various vector borne diseases of dogs in india and most depict clinical infection in dogs, diagnosed by observation of the haemopathogens in stained blood smears. this study provides the first report regarding molecular confirmation and ancestral relationship analysis of blood smears positive cases of assorted haemopathogens in punjab province of india. on blood smear examination, haemopathogens were observed in 124 out of 778 (15.95%, 95% ci: 13.53- 18.68) blo ... | 2016 | 27787221 |
| canine babesiosis in northwestern india: molecular detection and assessment of risk factors. | in the current study, a total of 214 blood samples from dogs in and around ludhiana, punjab (india), suspected for canine babesiosis were examined with conventional and molecular assays. examination of giemsa-stained peripheral thin blood smears revealed an overall prevalence of 7.47% (16/214) for canine babesiosis encompassing 0.93% (2/214) of large babesia and 6.54% (14/214) of babesia gibsoni. however, molecular diagnosis revealed 15.42% (33/214) samples positive for b. gibsoni infection as e ... | 2014 | 25013798 |