Epidemiological pattern of canine ehrlichiosis in and around Bangalore
Pankaj Dhavalagi, MC Anil Kumar, PT Ramesh, GP Kalmath, Dhanalakshmi, Ravikumar P, Yathish HM, Shivaraj Murag and Suchitra BR
The epidemiological pattern of canine Ehrlichiosis revealed highest occurrence of canine Ehrlichiosis in the age group of > 2 years of dogs (65%), when compared to 6months to 2 year age group (30%) and 0-6 months age group (5%), Labrador breed of dog (40%) was most commonly affected breed when compared to other breeds of dogs our study revealed highest occurrence of canine ehrlichiosis in female dogs (55%) when compared to male dogs (45%). Most common clinical signs noticed were complete/ partial anorexia (100%) followed by lethargy (75%) fever (60%), pale and congested mucous membrane followed by others signs.