Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of haemoparasites of dogs attending ECWA veterinary Clinic, Bukuru, Jos south local government area in Plateau state, Nigeria, and to determine the effective control strategy. From July to September 2011, blood samples of 150 dogs were collected and examined under light microscope. The age, sex and breed of the dogs were also recorded. Wet and unstained blood film shows no motility hence no motile haemoparasite while the Giemsa stained blood smear techniques of both thick and thin film, showed the presence of only Babesia spp in 89 (59.3%), while 61 (40.7%) were negative for any haemoparasite.
Highlights
Parasitology is the area of biology concerned with the phenomenon of dependence of one living organism on another
This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of haemoparasites of dogs attending ECWA veterinary Clinic, Bukuru, Jos south local government area in Plateau state, Nigeria, and to determine the effective control strategy
Two morphologically distinct forms of the erythrocytic stage in the canine host were recognised in early studies that led to the naming of the larger form, measuring approximately 3 - 5 μm as B. canis, and the smaller (1 - 3 μm) as B. gibsoni [3]
Summary
Parasitology is the area of biology concerned with the phenomenon of dependence of one living organism on another. Reservoir hosts are important in the control of parasitic diseases [1]. In demonstrating this phenomenon of dependence of living organsim on one another, different relationship arises. The others are internal parasites or endoparasites e.g. Plasmodium, Babesia etc Another feature is the distintion between temporary parasites and permanent parasites. Many temporary parasites are important because in the act of sucking blood, they convey to their hosts the causes of serious diseases. Such causes may be either other parasitic organisms such as the trypanosomes or the malaria parasites or bacteria or viruses. It has become known that certain form of parasitic, viral and bacterial infection, they infect man and often cause serious epidermic, are essentially disease of animals
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