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A survey for the prevalence of antibodies to Hepatozoon canis and for intraneutrophilic H. canis gametocytes in the peripheral blood neutrophils of dogs in Israel showed that 33.1% were seropositive, while only 1% of the dogs sampled had detectable parasites in their blood smears. Exposure to H. canis is widespread but it appears that most infected dogs undergo a subclinical infection and only a small proportion develop clinical disease.
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- IFAT:
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indirect fluorescent antibody test
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Baneth, G., Shkap, V., Presentey, B.Z. et al. Hepatozoon canis: The prevalence of antibodies and gametocytes in dogs in Israel. Veterinary Research Communications 20, 41–46 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00346576
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