Dogs and insect transmitted diseases in India

What is it about?

This publication describes the prevalence of a number of insect borne diseases in dogs presenting to a desexing clinic in Goa India

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Why is it important?

The diseases surveyed here are either major pathogens of dogs (heartworm) and/or transmissible to people (anaplasma and erlichia spp.) These diseases are at a high prevalence in this population indicating that control measures could have a positive impact on canine and human welfare in this area