Canine babesiosis is caused by two types of organisms, Babesia canis (large form) and Babesia gibsoni (small
form), cause sudden destruction of erythrocytes known as acute hemolyic anemia in dogs. Only three cases
(0.08%) of clinical babesiosis were recorded in pet dogs, of which two (0.05%) cases in dogs above 36 months
groups, one case (0.03%) in dogs aged between 7 to 36 months but none in the age group below 6 months old
groups (Table 1) which are confirmatory to the earlier reports (Samad, 2008). However, the higher prevalence
rate of canine babesiosis has been reported elsewhere (Kumar et al., 2009; Wu et al., 2009; Amuta et al., 2010).