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

1.
Botelho LF, Caponi AG, Botelho LFS, Marinho KN da S, Sousa AK de, Carvalho BYA de, et al. Incidence of hemoparasitosis in dogs from the southern region of Palmas, Tocantins. Pubvet [Internet]. 2020 Mar. 1 [cited 2024 Dec. 4];14(01). Available from: https://ojs.pubvet.com.br/index.php/revista/article/view/683