First Confirmed Clinical Case of <i>Anaplasma platys</i> in a Dog in Serbia

Abstract In September 2018, a four-month-old dog with fever and petechial bleeding came to the internal clinic at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University Belgrade. On hematology analysis, thrombocytopenia mild anemia were observed. Examination blood smear revealed platelet inclusions. The commercial serology test was positive for Anaplasma spp. treated doxycycline 14 days, after 48 hours from beginning treatment, symptoms subsided. PCR analysis sequencing confirmed infection A. platys .