BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Many etiological agents of zoonoses are considered as significant biological hazard to people visiting forested areas frequently, for instance, hunters. They may be exposed to ticks, rodents, and birds as well as excreta/secretions of wild animals or contaminated water and soil. Hence, this population is at risk of contracting infection with pathogens such as Borrelia bu...

In Europe, the hard tick Ixodes ricinus is considered most important vector of human zoonotic diseases. Human pathogenic agents spread by I. in Sweden include Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.), Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Rickettsia helvetica, recently described Neoehrlichia mikurensis, miyamotoi, tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), and Babesia spp. (Babesia microti, venatorum divergens)....

The present study was conducted on dogs presented to Medicine OPD of Small Animal Clinics of the Department of Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana. In the present study ECG was done in 23 dogs suffering from haemolytic anaemia (12 dogs with Ehrlichia canis and 11 with Babesia spp.) Among the cardiac rhythms assessed by electro...

However, a major obstacle faced by breeders is infestation by the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus and the associated infection by Babesia spp. and Anaplasma marginale. The climate conditions are favorable for the development of Rhipicephalus microplus in nearly all areas of the country (Gonzales 1993). Infestations of these ticks cause yearly losses surpassing US$ 2 billion according to est...

The detection and therapy of canine vector-borne diseases in imported dogs are of major importance in small animal practice. Over the last years, the import of dogs from the Mediterranean region and Southeast Europe has increased, countries often endemic for a variety of vector-borne diseases such as babesiosis, hepatozoonosis, leishmaniosis, dirofilariosis or ehrlichiosis. This retrospective s...