author(s)
Avinash Katariya, Niddhi Arora, VS Rajora, Wani Ilyas, Meena Mrigesh, AK Das and Amit Prasad

abstract
The study was carried out to determine the hematobiochemical alterations in dogs suffering from ectoparasite infestation presented to TVCC, Pantnagar. Two groups of dogs infested with mange and tick/flea/lice and one healthy group each comprising of eight dogs were selected for the study. Hemoglobin, packed cell volume, total erythrocyte count showed a significant (P<0.05) decrease where as erythrocyte sedimentation rate, total leukocyte count values recorded a significant (P<0.05) increase in both groups as compared with healthy group. Also a significant (P<0.05) decrease in the mean values of serum glucose, total protein, albumin and albumin globulin ratio where as a significant (P<0.05) increase in the mean values of globulin were recorded. In mange affected dogs serum alanine amino transferase (ALT) and aspartate amino transferase (AST) values were significantly (P<0.05) higher than control group where as no such significant (P<0.05) difference in serum enzymes was found in case of tick/flea/lice group.