Situation of blood parasite infection of Anaplasma spp. and Babesia spp. in dogs and cats in Ha Noi

Abstract

A total of 1,711 dog and cat blood samples were collected from several veterinary clinics in Ha
Noi in 2019 and 2020 for examining heamoparasites Anaplasma spp. and Babesia spp. by giemsa
staining method. The studied results showed that the rate of dog and cat infected with Anaplasma spp.
in two years 2019 and 2020 was relatively high (55.1%), in which this infection rate in 2020 (65.7%)
was 2.7 times higher than that in 2019 (41.8%) (p < 0.001). The infection rate of cat with Anaplasma
spp. (70.9%) were 4 times higher than the infection rate of dog (37.8%) (p < 0.001). In contrast, the
prevalence of Babesia spp. in dogs and cats in 2019 and 2020 was low (1.9%). This infection rate in
2020 (2.2%) was 1.4 times higher than that in 2019 (1.5%) (p = 0.436). The infection rate of dog with
Babesia spp. (2%) were 1.1 times higher that the infection rate of cat (1.8%) (p = 0.856).