A total of 150 dogs brought to Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex (TCCC), Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, from September, 2015 to April, 2016 were screened for the haemoparasite, H. canis by blood smear examination and polymerase chain reaction which revealed a positivity of and per cent, respectively. | Detection of hepatozoan canis in dogs from Namakkal region of Tamilnadu by conventional and molecular approach