Erliquiose canina - relato de caso / Canine ehrlichiosis - report case
Cavalcante Neto, Tobias Saraiva; Santiago, Thaís Gadelha; Sampaio, Thamara Barrozo; Queiroz, Rebeca Nogueira de; Freitas, Ideljone Charles de.
Ciênc. Anim. (Impr.);
26(1): 76-78, 2016.
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em Português
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The ehrlichiosis is a disease transmitted through blood meal of Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick bites infected with the bacteria Ehrlichia spp. acquired from another infected dog. Signs include apathy, anorexia, fever may reach severe thrombocytopenia and marrow aplasia. The objective of this article is to report a case of ehrlichiosis in a dog. The diagnosis is made by clinical history with the presence of ectoparasites, compatible clinical signs and blood count, which may present anemia, thrombocytopenia, pancytopenia and morulae of Erlichia spp. For treatment, doxycycline is the drug of choice and should be used for 28 days.
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