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This study included a total of sixty five affected dogs which were brought to VCC, LUVAS, Hisar from June, 2018 to November, 2018 and were suspected to be affected with haemoprotozoan infection. On the basis of severity of clinical signs, the dogs were categorized into severely and moderately affected categories. The blood picture showed anaemia, thrombocytopaenia, neutrophilia and eosinophilia with negative blood smears for any haemoprotozoan infection. Majority of the affected dogs were males and from the age group of two to five years. Maximum cases were observed in monsoon season i.e. from July to September. Severely affected cases were administered oxytetracycline for five days @10mg/kg i.v. b wt. twice daily along with supportive therapy followed by oral administration of doxycycline for further two weeks. In moderately affected cases, doxycycline was recommended orally for three weeks period. All the severely affected cases showed marked improvement within two days of treatment while moderately affected cases showed clinical improvement only after five days of oral doxycycline therapy.
Keywords: Haemoprotozoan, Fever, Ticks, Tetracyclines