Prevalencia de Babesia spp., diagnosticada mediante el método de frotis sanguíneo en perros que asistieron a consulta en dos clínicas veterinarias de diferentes ciudades.

Abstract

The present research work was carried out in the Veterinary Clinic "Pec & Vet" and in the Hospital Veterinary Clinic Animalopolis. Worked with 110 patients canines who attended consultation during the months of November, December of 2017 and January of 2018 to determine the prevalence of Babesia spp., using the method of blood smear using the staining Diff-Quick and establish the relationship between the clinical cases positive and their predisposition to the variables age, sex, race, tenure and sector. Of the results obtained, 47 cases were positive to Babesia spp., obtaining a prevalence of 42.73 % of the total population; The presence of Babesia spp. was determined that according to sex the 27.27 % were males while the 1545 % were female, in Race The 19.09 % canines cigars, while in the mestizo population is observed, a 23. 64 %, according to the tenure, inside the house got 19.09% and out of the same 23.64 %. It was established that the dogs with a higher predisposition to Babesia spp. were young as the prevalence rate was higher, with a 27.27 % unlike of puppies 5.45% and geriatrics with 10%. To obtain the prevalence of Babesia spp. In canines according to the sector, were taken into account the 65 samples collected at the veterinary clinic Animalópolis in the city of Guayaquil, 27.27 % of cases were positive, while in the Pec & Vet Clinic in the Daule Canton, 45 canes were sampled, of which 15.45 % were positive.