STUDY OF HAEMATOLOGICAL PROFILES OF DOGS INFECTED WITH PATHOGENIC AEROBES

Pet dogs occasionally suffer from infections in different parts of urinary system. A total of 289 adult dogs were examined for detection of urinary infection and 123 (42.5%) dogs were found infected. Infection in the male dogs was less common (41.4%) than the bitches (58.6%). Urinary tract infections (44.7%) were found to be the most common cases followed by urolithiasis (27.6%), cystitis (23.6%) and nephritis (3.6%). The upper urinary tract infections were very less (4.1%) than the lower urinary tract infections (95.9%). The prevalence of both upper and lower urinary tract infections were the highest (57.7%) in the winter months followed by summer (29.3%) and rainy seasons (13%) irrespective of sexes. Among the infected dogs, 34 (27.6%) were infected by strains of Escherichia coli and 16 (43.2%) by pathogenic Staphylococcus sp. As a whole 40.6% of the infected dogs were infected by these organisms. The Haemoglobin content was more in nephritis and nephrolithiasis cases (13g/dl) than the non-infected or control animals (12.2g/dl) but were slightly lower in urolithiasis (11.8), cystitis and other cases of urinary infections (11.9). PCV was recorded highest in case of urolithiasis (42.8%) followed by nephrolithiasis (41%), nephritis (40.2%), cystitis and other cases (39.5%) than in controls (38.6%). Total erythrocyte count (TEC) were much lower in nephritis and nephrolithiasis (3.8-3.9 x106 /cub.mm) but more or less same as that of control (6.1) in cases of urolithiasis, cystitis and other cases of urinary infections (5.9 ? 6.1). The level of TLC were always higher in all types of infections like nephritis (15.5x103 /cub.mm), nephrolithiasis (12.5), urolithiasis (8.8), cystitis and other cases (9.4) in comparison to the non-infected control dogs (8.6).