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Prevalence of canine babesiosis among stray dogs in Kuala Lumpur and risk factors of hypoglycemia in canine babesiosis

A study was conducted to review the importance of measuring blood glucose levels in canine babesiosis as hypoglycaemia is a sign of profound metabolic derangement and its occurrence and possible risk factors can aid in determining the severity of the disease. A total of sixty stray dogs at Dewan Ban...

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Main Authors: Kalananthan, Premnita, Watanabe, Malaika, Hassan, Latiffah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27663/1/Proceedings-19.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.276632015-01-16T05:25:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27663/ Prevalence of canine babesiosis among stray dogs in Kuala Lumpur and risk factors of hypoglycemia in canine babesiosis Kalananthan, Premnita Watanabe, Malaika Hassan, Latiffah A study was conducted to review the importance of measuring blood glucose levels in canine babesiosis as hypoglycaemia is a sign of profound metabolic derangement and its occurrence and possible risk factors can aid in determining the severity of the disease. A total of sixty stray dogs at Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, were included in this study. Thin blood films from the marginal ear vein of each dog were made and stained with Giemsa stain and observed under the light microscope to detect the Babesia organisms. Four out of the 60 stray dogs (6.7%) were found to be positive for canine Babesia; 5.0% (3/60) were Babesia canis positive and 1.7% (1/60) Babesia gibsoni positive. Blood was collected from the infected dogs and packed cell volume was measured. Serum was obtained and serum glucose levels were determined. Two of the Babesia positive dogs were anemic and two of the positive dogs were hypoglycemic. Risk factors of hypoglycemia could not be evaluated as the number of positive dogs was too low and the results would have been inconclusive. 2010-01-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27663/1/Proceedings-19.pdf Kalananthan, Premnita and Watanabe, Malaika and Hassan, Latiffah (2010) Prevalence of canine babesiosis among stray dogs in Kuala Lumpur and risk factors of hypoglycemia in canine babesiosis. In: 5th Seminar on Veterinary Sciences, 5-8 Jan. 2010, Serdang, Selangor. .
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description A study was conducted to review the importance of measuring blood glucose levels in canine babesiosis as hypoglycaemia is a sign of profound metabolic derangement and its occurrence and possible risk factors can aid in determining the severity of the disease. A total of sixty stray dogs at Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, were included in this study. Thin blood films from the marginal ear vein of each dog were made and stained with Giemsa stain and observed under the light microscope to detect the Babesia organisms. Four out of the 60 stray dogs (6.7%) were found to be positive for canine Babesia; 5.0% (3/60) were Babesia canis positive and 1.7% (1/60) Babesia gibsoni positive. Blood was collected from the infected dogs and packed cell volume was measured. Serum was obtained and serum glucose levels were determined. Two of the Babesia positive dogs were anemic and two of the positive dogs were hypoglycemic. Risk factors of hypoglycemia could not be evaluated as the number of positive dogs was too low and the results would have been inconclusive.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Kalananthan, Premnita
Watanabe, Malaika
Hassan, Latiffah
spellingShingle Kalananthan, Premnita
Watanabe, Malaika
Hassan, Latiffah
Prevalence of canine babesiosis among stray dogs in Kuala Lumpur and risk factors of hypoglycemia in canine babesiosis
author_facet Kalananthan, Premnita
Watanabe, Malaika
Hassan, Latiffah
author_sort Kalananthan, Premnita
title Prevalence of canine babesiosis among stray dogs in Kuala Lumpur and risk factors of hypoglycemia in canine babesiosis
title_short Prevalence of canine babesiosis among stray dogs in Kuala Lumpur and risk factors of hypoglycemia in canine babesiosis
title_full Prevalence of canine babesiosis among stray dogs in Kuala Lumpur and risk factors of hypoglycemia in canine babesiosis
title_fullStr Prevalence of canine babesiosis among stray dogs in Kuala Lumpur and risk factors of hypoglycemia in canine babesiosis
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of canine babesiosis among stray dogs in Kuala Lumpur and risk factors of hypoglycemia in canine babesiosis
title_sort prevalence of canine babesiosis among stray dogs in kuala lumpur and risk factors of hypoglycemia in canine babesiosis
publishDate 2010
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27663/1/Proceedings-19.pdf
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