ESTUDO RETROSPECTIVO DE HEMOPARASITOSES EM CÃES DA CIDADE DE ITUPEVA-SP

Abstract

Canine hemoparasitosis are caused by mandatory intracytoplasmic microorganisms of blood cells. Such agents are of great importance due to pathogenicity and the great occurrence in the practice of the veterinary medical clinic, with the tick as the main vector. The research aimed to carry out a retrospective study in the search for positivity of hemoparasitosis in dogs from Itupeva, São Paulo, by the results of hemogram reports with hemoparasitic research. The positive results were separated in a spreadsheet, in which these dogs were correlated with the age and gender variables. Of the 1321 verified reports, 30 (2.27%) presented hemoparasitosis. Among them, the species found were Ehrlichia spp. 12 (40%), Babesia spp. 09 (30%), Hepatozoon spp. 05 (16.66%) and Anaplasma spp. 04 (13.33%). There was no difference between gender, but between age groups, it was observed that young animals are more predisposed to the disease in question. The results, in addition to indicating low occurrence of positivity for these microorganisms, demonstrate that regardless of the variables evaluated, animals without adequate preventive care become subject to parasitosis.