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A NOTE ON THE INCIDENCE OF BABESIA CANIS IN A 10 DAY OLD PUP ON POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION IN CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU
1Department of Veterinary Pathology
Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-600 007, India
ABSTRACT
A 10 day old female Great Dane pup carcass was brought with the history of dull,
depressed and sudden death. External examination revealed pale conjunctival mucous
membrane and slight prescapular lymph node enlargement. Grossly, subepicardial petechial
haemorrhages, congested lungs, intestine and meningeal blood vessels, enlarged pale liver,
slightly enlarged dark reddish kidney and swollen haemorrhagic mesenteric lymph nodes.
Peripheral and heart blood smears stained with Leishman & Giemsa (L&G) stain and
revealed the presence of large pleomorphic single, paired and multiple pear shaped forms
of Babesia canis in the erythrocytes.
depressed and sudden death. External examination revealed pale conjunctival mucous
membrane and slight prescapular lymph node enlargement. Grossly, subepicardial petechial
haemorrhages, congested lungs, intestine and meningeal blood vessels, enlarged pale liver,
slightly enlarged dark reddish kidney and swollen haemorrhagic mesenteric lymph nodes.
Peripheral and heart blood smears stained with Leishman & Giemsa (L&G) stain and
revealed the presence of large pleomorphic single, paired and multiple pear shaped forms
of Babesia canis in the erythrocytes.
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