Distribution of babesiosis of dogs, depending on their age, pedigree sensitiveness and sex

Abstract

For today this invasion has extraordinarily wide distribution among dogs on all continents of Earth, in different natural and climatic zones. The dogs with babesiosis not only lose health and bring moral and material losses to the owners, but also become the transmitters of chronic pathologies, and in case of ill-timed diagnostics and treatment perish. According to the results of the epizootiological studies it has been examined the spread of dogs’ babesiosis in Bila Tserkva of the Kiev region. The study found that in Bila Tserkva were registered 8 contagious pathologies of animals. Among parasitic diseases of private veterinary hospital PE “Romanenko” of Bila Tserkva it was mostly registered babesiosis, demodecosis, flea infestation (ktenotsefalidoz), otodektoz and helminth infections; to a lesser extent it was registered scabies (sarcoptic mange), dirofilariоsis and toxoplasmosis. The degree of damage by babesiosis of dogs in the total incidence of diseases, caused by parasitic protozoa, in Bila Tserkva has amounted to 99.4%. While studying dogs’ babesiosis it was revealed that the peak of the disease occurs in May and reaches at the average 30% of the animals examined. In September-October about 14% of the animals, were sick due to the biological activity of the ixodic ticks. For the last 2 years we noticed that babesiosis sick dogs are of different age groups. Most of all dogs 1–3 years of age suffer from babesiosis. More susceptible are male dogs. Males were 1.22 times more likely to be infected with babesiosis than females. Regarding the sex of dogs over the past 2 years among patients on parasitic diseases males accounted for 54.6 percent, and females of 45.4%. With regard to the sensitivity of the breed, the greatest number of dogs with babesiosis is found among German Shepherds, Cocker Spaniels, Syaffterriers and outbred.