author(s)
M Areshkumar, P Vijayalakshmi, D Selvi and K Raj kumar

abstract
A four year old Boxer male brought from Jammu on road by car three days ago was presented to TVCC, RIVER, with the history of partial appetite, syncope, and high colored urine. Upon clinical examination, the dog was dull and depressed, blanched conjunctival mucosa, tachycardia with aortic thudding. Laboratory examination revealed Hb - 7.3 g %, PCV- 22.8%, RBC count- 3.28 millions/mm³, WBC count- 8900 cells/ mm³, platelets- 1.78 lakhs/ mm³, MCV- 69.7 fl, MCH- 22.2 pg, MCHC- 33.4%, DLC: N - 80%, L-18%, E - 1%, M - 1%. Serum biochemistry showed BUN-39.2 mg/dl, creatinine-1.7mg/dl, SGOT- 37 IU/L, SGPT- 96 IU/L, total proteins-8.9 gm %, albumin-2.2gm%, globulin – 6.7 gm%, bilirubin - total- 0.7mg%, direct- 0.1mg%, indirect- 0.6mg%. Peripheral blood smear revealed positive for Babesia gibsoni. ECG showed decreased atrial and ventricular amplitude. However, echocardiography showed normal fractioning shortening and ejection fraction. The dog was treated with Diminazene aceturate (Berenil) at 3.5 mg/kg body weight deep i. m three doses at 15 days interval along with Tab. Azithromycin @ 10 mg / kg sid P.O for the first 10 days. Subsequent blood smear examination conducted at 15 days interval showed negative results. The dog showed complete recovery after a month.