Dogs infected with Babesia species showed differences in serum protein patterns
Canine babesiosis is an important haemoprotozoan parasitic infection in continents like Asia, Africa, Japan, and South America and it can cause hematological and biochemical changes in infected dogs.
A study evaluated the differences in serum electrophoretic patterns in 17 dogs with B. gibsoni and 40 dogs infected with B. canis. It showed that mean values of total protein, β1-, β2- and γ-globulins were much higher in dogs infected with B. gibsoni than in dogs infected with B. canis. But the relative concentrations of albumin, α1-,α2-globulins, and the A/G ratios were much lower in those dogs infected with B. gibsoni. No many differences were found in the relative concentrations of β1- and β2-globulins in dogs infected with B. gibsoni and B. canis.
The hematological parameters included RBC, Hb, and PCV demonstrated significant differences between dogs infected, including B. gibsoni and the complicated form of B. canis infection. There were differences reported in the serum protein electrophoretic patterns and the infected dogs' reaction to this hemoparasite infection.
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