HEPATOZOON CANIS - THE PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODIES AND GAMETOCYTES IN DOGS IN ISRAEL

Authors
BANETH G SHKAP V PRESENTEY BZ PIPANO E
Citation
G. Baneth et al., HEPATOZOON CANIS - THE PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODIES AND GAMETOCYTES IN DOGS IN ISRAEL, Veterinary research communications, 20(1), 1996, pp. 41-46
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Veterinary research communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
01657380
Volume
20
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
41 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-7380(1996)20:1<41:HC-TPO>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A survey for the prevalence of antibodies to Hepatozoon canis and for intraneutrophilic H. canis gametocytes in the peripheral blood neutrop hils of dogs in Israel showed that 33.1% were seropositive, while only 1% of the dogs sampled had detectable parasites in their blood smears . Exposure to H. canis is widespread but it appears that most infected dogs undergo a subclinical infection and only a small proportion deve lop clinical disease.