Table 4 Breed of the dogs and the haemoprarasites in the blood samples collected from the Sri Lanka Air Force military working dogs, free-roaming and privately owned dogs from 18 districts in Sri Lanka (Blood smear Positive).

Doberman (61)

2 (1.7)

1 (2.8)

1 (2.8)

–

–

–

4 (16.0)

4 (16.0)

0.0

6 (9.8)

5 (8.2)

1 (1.6)

German Shepherd (37)

13 (36.1)

12 (50.0)

1 (4.2)

–

–

–

4 (30.8)

3 (23.2)

1 (7.7)

17 (45.9)

15 (40.5)

2 (5.4)

Labrador Retriever (172)

23 (25.1)

21 (24.4)

1 (1.2)

–

–

–

20 (23.3)

19 (22.2)

1 (1.2)

42 (24.4)

40 (23.3)

2 (1.2)

Dachshund (6)

–

–

–

–

–

–

5 (83.3)

5 (83.3)

0.0

5 (83.3)

5 (83.3)

0

Beagle (7)

–

–

–

–

–

–

7 (100)

5 (71.4)

2 (28.6)

7 (100)

5 (71.4)

2 (28.6)

Pomeranian (12)

–

–

–

–

–

–

5 (41.7)

5 (41.7)

0.0

5 (41.7)

5 (41.7)

0

Rhodesian Ridgeback (28)

10

0.0

0.0

–

–

–

11 (61.1)

9 (50.0)

2 (11.1)

11 (39.3)

9 (32.1)

2 (7.1)

Terrier (5)

–

–

–

–

–

–

1 (20.0)

1 (20.0)

0.0

1 (20.0)

1 (20)

0

Boxer (6)

–

–

–

–

–

–

2 (33.3)

2 (33.3)

0.0

2 (33.3)

2 (33.3)

0

Shih tzu (3)

–

–

–

–

–

–

3 (100)

3 (100)

0.0

3 (100)

3 (100)

0

Cocker Spa(9)niel

–

–

–

–

–

–

3 (33.3

3 (33.3

0.0

3 (33.3)

3 (33.3)

0

Bullmastiff (4)

–

–

–

–

–

–

1 (25.0)

1 (25.0)

0.0

1 (25.0)

1 (25.0)

0

English Spaniel (7)

2 (28.6)

2 (28.6)

0.0

–

–

–

–

–

–

2 (28.6)

2 (28.6)

0

German Shepherd cross (2)

–

–

–

–

–

–

1 (50.0)

0.0

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

0

1 (50.0)

Doberman cross (2)

–

–

–

–

–

–

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

0.0

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

0

Boxer cross (1)

–

–

–

–

–

–

1 (100)

0.0

1 (100)

1 (100)

0

1 (100)

Rottweiler (13)

10

0.0

0.0

–

–

–

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0

0

Mongrel (289)

–

–

–

205

43 (20.1)

11 (5.4)

7 (8.3)

5 (5.9)

2 (2.4)

61 (21.1)

48 (16.6)

13 (4.5)

Pug (4)

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0

0

Total

39 (22.5)

36 (20.8)

3 (1.7)

44 (21.5)

43 (20.9)

11 (5.4)

76 (26.2)

66 (22.8)

10 (3.5)

668

145 (21.7)

24 (3.6)