1. First report of hepatozoonsis in a dog from Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- Author
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Carvajal, Verónica, Almazán, Consuelo, Aguirre-Guzmán, Gabriel, Vargas, Carlos Alberto Barrón, and Escamilla, Eric Fraga
- Subjects
BLOODHOUND ,DOG diseases ,VETERINARY hospitals ,GERM cells ,WEIGHT loss - Abstract
A 3-year-old male Bloodhound dog was presented to a private veterinary hospital at Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, with a 2-week history of weight loss, generalized weakness, anorexia and ptyalism. Results of a hemogram revealed moderate anemia with a chronic inflammatory leukogram. Also, various neutrophlis (approximately 10%) containing elongated pale blue staining intracytoplasmic inclusions, compatible with gametocytes of Hepatozoon spp were observed. Up until now, this is the first case report of canine hepatozoonosis detected in Tamaulipas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2012