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Canine hepatozoonosis in southeastern Bahia, Brazil

T. V. Harvey, Guedes, P. E. B., Oliveira, T. N. A., Assunção, M. S., Carvalho, F. S., Albuquerque, G. R., Silva, F. L., Carlos, R. S. A., Harvey, T. V., Guedes, P. E. B., Oliveira, T. N. A., Assunção, M. S., Carvalho, F. S., Albuquerque, G. R., Silva, F. L., and Carlos, R. S. A., Canine hepatozoonosis in southeastern Bahia, Brazil, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

In Brazil, canine hepatozoonosis is a tick-borne subclinical hemoparasitosis caused by a protozoa Hepatozoon canis and is highly prevalent in dogs in rural areas. An epizootiological study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of H. canis in the canine population of Ituberá, Bahia, and to analyze any associated risk factors. Blood samples were collected from 380 dogs and determined the presence of the protozoan by performing capillary blood smear and polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

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