INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate the serological cross-reactivity between Leishmania sp. and other canine pathogens. METHODS Positive serum samples for Ehrlichia canis, Babesia canis, Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and Trypanosoma cruzi were tested using three serological methods enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), indirect immunofluorescent antibody test (IFAT) ...

The aim of this paper was to present the first case of cerebral canine babesiosis due to infection by Babesia canis in a dog in Poland. A 5-year-old American Staffordshire Terrier was presented with an unusual clinical manifestation of acute babesiosis that included neurological signs and pancytopenia. Despite treatment the dog died. Diagnosis was based on microscopic examination of Giemsa-st...

Babesia is the causative agent of babesiosis, a tick-borne zoonosis which has been increasingly described throughout the world. Babesia microti and Babesia divergens are the etiological agents of human babesiosis. Babesia canis is the principal etiological agent of canine babesiosis. Currently, the diagnostics of babesiosis is based mainly on serological methods and the immunofluorescent antibo...

During a study on 500 dogs in Ibadan, 136 (27·2%) were found to be anaemic. Fifty-two of these were associated purely with blood parasites, twentyone with hookworm infection, while ten were associated with a mixture of blood parasitism and hookworm infection. Seventeen cases were associated with various conditions such as traumatic wounds, transmissible venereal tumour, nephritis, taeniasis, an...

In our experience with Greyhounds over the past 17 years, the prevalence of TBDs has decreased markedly, likely due to better tick control. For example, 15 years ago approximately half of the retired racing Greyhounds evaluated as potential blood donors at OSU tested positive for Babesia canis or Ehrlichia canis serology, whereas now only 1-3% of the dogs are positive for any TBD. However, in s...

The aims of this study were estimation of thyroxin status in dogs infected with B. canis, and determination of the association between azotaemia and concentrations of total thyroxin (TT4) and free thyroxin (FT4) in canine babesiosis. Concentrations of TT4 and FT4 were determined using an immunoassay in 23 dogs infected with B. canis (nine azotaemic dogs and 14 non-azotaemic dogs). Mann-Whitney ...

A total of 344 dogs belonging to people in resource-poor communities in North West Province, South Africa, was examined for ectoparasites, and all visible arthropods were collected from the left side of each dog. By doubling these numbers it was estimated that the dogs harboured 14,724 ixodid ticks, belonging to 6 species, 1,028 fleas, belonging to 2 species, and 26 lice. Haemaphysalis leachi a...

A Leishmaniose Visceral Canina (LVC) pode servir como diagnóstico diferencial para Erliquiose ou Babesiose Canina, hemoparasitoses transmitidas por carrapatos, dada a similaridade das manifestações clínicas e urbanização do vetor da LVC. Neste relato de caso, apontamos importância se ter no histórico cão atendido região em que ele vive. O relatado vinha Itu-SP apresentava apenas epistaxe unilat...