Incidence of hemoparasitosis in dogs from the southern region of Palmas, Tocantins

Authors

  • Luís Flávio Botelho Centro Universitário Católica do Tocantins
  • Aristóteles Gomes Caponi UniCatolica
  • Luis Flavio Silva Botelho UniCatolica
  • Kedma Nayra da Silva Marinho UniCatolica
  • Annanda Karen de Sousa UniCatolica
  • Brenda Yasmin Aguiar de Carvalho UniCatolica
  • Maria Eduarda Alves Bonfim UniCatolica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v14n1a489.1-4

Keywords:

blood cells, ectoparasites, diseases

Abstract

This study was conducted through an online questionnaire with residents of the southern region of Palmas-TO. It sought to identify the incidence of hemoparasitosis in dogs and the participants' level of knowledge about the diseases. It was shown that the majority of respondents - young people between 18 and 25 years old (80.58%) with complete high school (55.34%) and frequent users of social networks - know the diseases researched from the popular term, “diseases of the tick ”(56.31%), and not its technical nomenclature, ie hemoparasitic diseases (31.07%). The theoretical study revealed that erliquiosis (9.71%) is prevalent in dogs of urban area, due to the higher occurrence of the parasite Rhipicephalus sanguineus in these regions.

Published

2020-03-01

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

Incidence of hemoparasitosis in dogs from the southern region of Palmas, Tocantins. (2020). Pubvet, 14(01). https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v14n1a489.1-4