Relacion entre la Ehrlichiosis canina y los parametros hematologicos de perros atendidos en la Veterinaria candy, Arenillas 2023

Abstract

Ehrlichiosis is a disease with varied symptoms caused by a bacterium that is transferred by the tick when it bites the host. The most common signs in dogs are fever, petechiae, nosebeed, loss of appetite and low weight; In hematological disorders we have the presence of anemia and low platelets. The Ehrlichia morulae are found at the level of leukocyte blood cells in different mammals The present study aimed to correlate the hematological values found in canine patients positive for Ehrlichia, carried out with automated analysis. It took place in the province of El Oro in the city of Arenillas, Ecuador. The study was carried out with 35 Ehrlichia-positive dogs of different ages, sex and breed that arrived at the veterinarian with symptoms inclined to hemoparasitic disease; from which a 1 ml blood sample was extracted directly from the cephalic vein, being placed in a tube with EDTA, being analyzed by the Abaxis Vetscan HM5 analyzer and then a blood smear was taken to be stained and then observed under a microscope; to confirm the disease and that these alterations are not due to another hemoparasitic agent. Resulting in hematological alterations with 100% thrombocytopenia, 80% with anemia and 26% with the presence of leukocytosis in the different ages and races of the patients studied.