Hepatozoon canis: the prevalence of antibodies and gametocytes in dogs in Israel.

Vet Res Commun

Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.

Published: August 1996

A survey for the prevalence of antibodies to Hepatozoon canis and for intraneutrophilic H. canis gametocytes in the peripheral blood neutrophils of dogs in Israel showed that 33.1% were seropositive, while only 1% of the dogs sampled had detectable parasites in their blood smears. Exposure to H. canis is widespread but it appears that most infected dogs undergo a subclinical infection and only a small proportion develop clinical disease.

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