| Title | Canine hepatozoonosis in Brazil: description of eight naturally occurring cases. | | Author(s) | Gondim LF, Kohayagawa A, Alencar NX, Biondo AW, Takahira RK, Franco SR | | Institution | Department of Veterinary Clinical, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil. | | Source | Vet Parasitol 1998 Jan 31; 74(2-4):319-23. | | MeSH | Animals
Blood Cell Count
Brazil
Coccidiosis
Dog Diseases
Dogs
Eucoccidiida
Female
Hematocrit
Hemoglobins
Male
Monocytes
Neutrophils
Parasitemia
| | Abstract | Eight cases of canine hepatozoonosis were diagnosed at the Veterinary Hospital (Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus de Botucatu), between October 1993 and April 1994. Clinical signs included anorexia, pale mucous membranes, weight loss, pain, diarrhoea, vomit, gait abnormalities, fever, polyuria and polydipsia. Haematologic findings revealed anaemia in seven cases, leucocytosis with neutrophilia in three cases, lymphopenia in three cases and monocytosis in four cases. Serum biochemistries included alterations in many parameters. The micrometry of Hepatozoon canis gametocytes ranged from 6.8 x 4.0 microns to 7.5 x 4.5 microns. Parasitaemia ranged from less than 0.5% to 2%. In all the cases reported other concurrent diseases were present. Diagnosis of canine hepatozoonosis was made by identifying H. canis gametocytes within leucocytes in stained blood smears. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 9561717 |
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