The measurement of serum sialic acid concentration is of importance to indicate damage in cells or tissues. Dirofilaria immitis causes cardiovascular, pulmonary, hepatic and kidney lesions. Therefore, present study was planned to investigate the potential changes in the levels of serum total sialic ...

The present study was conducted in dogs presented to the UVH, Kokkalai and TVCC, Mannuthy with clinical signs of inappetence, pyrexia, pale mucous membrane and lethargy suggestive of babesiosis. Forty-five dogs which were primarily screened for B. gibsoni infection through blood smear examination...

Background: Optimal amount of vitamin D for the proper functioning of the immune system is different from the required vitamin D amount for bones to prevent rickets. However, reports on vitamin D reference values in dogs are minimal, and there is still not enough information regarding the...

Differential leucocytes counts and some biochemical parameters could be affected over time by surgical procedures leading to kidney failure. Hence this study evaluates the effects of ovariohysterectomy (OVH), gastrotomy (GAT) and intestinal resection and anastomosis (ITR) on differential leucocyte...

Background: The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been identified as a biomarker in several inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Multiple sclerosis (MS) has been found to be associated with changes in the NLR in humans. Objectives: To examine the diagnostic value of the NLR in...

Canine ehrlichiosis (E. canis) is an obligate intracellular organism that resides as a microcolony within a membrane-lined intracellular vacuole (morulae), primarily within monocytes and macrophages of dogs. Canine demodicosis (D. canis) is an inflammatory parasitic skin disease associated with the ...

This study aims to determine the effect of trigona honey on dogs with dermatitis, which was measured based on the total and differential leukocyte counts. The objects used were 14 dogs with dermatitis which were divided into three groups. Two dogs without treatment as group I. Six dogs were given 5 ...

This study evaluated the efficacy of combination therapy of secnidazole-diminazene aceturate (SEC-DA) in late treatment of dogs experimentally infected with relapsing strain of Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Fifteen dogs were randomly assigned to 5 groups (A - E) of 3 per group. Group A (uninfected...

The study focuses on two breeds of dog namely Labrador retriever and German shepherd to investigate the different haematological parameters. Blood samples were collected from these two breeds of dog, and haematological parameters such as haemoglobin (Hb), total erythrocyte count (TEC), total...

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether shelter dogs presenting for elective ovariohysterectomy or castration have leukocytosis, whether leukocytes are associated with age and infection, and whether leukocytosis precludes progression to surgery. ANIMALS: 138 dogs (from 13 regional shelters) presented for...