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Hemato-Biochemical changes in dogs infected with toxocara canis in Hurghada and Luxor governorate

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Veterinary Diseases (Fish diseases, Poultry diseases, Infectious disea…imal diseases, Internal medicine, Laboratory and clinical diagnosis).

Abstract

Toxocara canis is a gastrointestinal nematode affecting dogs with significant public health importance. this study is conducted to find out the hematological and biochemical changes in dogs infected with toxocara canis and to detect the effects of some factors including sex, age, and season on the percent of infection with this parasite. A total of 70 dogs' fecal and hematologic and serum samples were collected from veterinary clinics in Hurghada and Luxor governorate. Microscopic analysis of fecal samples revealed three types of intestinal parasites: Toxocara canis (n= 19), Toxascaris leonina (n= 5), Isospora canis (n=4) and mixed infection of Toxocara canis and Isospora canis (n= 3). Whole blood samples were examined for total erythrocytic count, hemoglobin, packed cell volume, Total leukocytic count and differential leukocytic count. Serum samples were separated and analysed for total protein, albumin, Alanine aminotransferase and Aspartate aminotransferase. Significant decrease in red blood cell count, hemoglobin, and packed cell volume along with significant increase in white blood cell count and eosinophils were recorded in dogs infected with Toxacara canis. Significant decrease in total protein, albumin accompanied by significant increase in Alanine aminotransferase, Aspartate aminotransferase values were found. Sex, season, and breed showed non-significant differences in infection percent of intestinal parasites, but age had high impact on infection percent of intestinal parasites. parasites.

DOI

10.21608/svu.2022.90894.1143

Keywords

Dog, Toxocara, aspartate aminotransferase, Hemoglobin and total protein

Authors

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Moshera

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Abdelkareem

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Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt

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mushira_salah@vet.svu.edu.eg

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Qena

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First Name

Abdel-Raheem A.

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Abdel-Raheem

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Department of Animal medicine. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.

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First Name

Adel Elsayed Ahmed

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Mohamed

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Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt

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5

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1

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29813

Issue Date

2022-03-01

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2021-08-15

Publish Date

2022-03-01

Page Start

56

Page End

67

Print ISSN

2535-1826

Online ISSN

2535-1877

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6

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Research article

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712

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SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://svu.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023