A Case Study of Assessment of Haemato-Biochemical Profile, Clinical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management of Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Tropical Canine Pancytopenia) In A Male Doberman DOG

Authors

  • Deepak Chandran  Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, School of Agricultural Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Georgen G Edana  BVSc & AH Scholar, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, India
  • Salini Varghese  BVSc & AH Scholar, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, India
  • Ajin S Kumar  Veterinary Doctor (BVSc & AH), Kerala, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST218467

Keywords:

Ehrlichiosis, Doberman, Monocytosis, Pancytopenia, Morula

Abstract

Ehrlichia canis is an obligate intracellular rickettsial agent that is transmitted by a brown dog tick called as Rhipicephalus sanguineus which is considered as the principal vector of this disease. A 3-year-old male Doberman dog weighing 25 kg is presented with the history of inappetence, fever, weakness, anemia, scanty feces, hemoglobinuria, shrunken eye ball with mild corneal opacity and reluctant to walk due to pain in the joints. Clinical examination revealed elevated rectal temperature of 104.30F, tachycardia, increased respiratory rate and pale mucous membrane. Blood and serum samples were collected for hematology and serum biochemistry respectively. On blood smear examination with Giemsa staining, Ehrlichia morulae were noticed in monocytes suggestive of Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis / Tropical Canine Pancytopenia.

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Deepak Chandran, Georgen G Edana, Salini Varghese, Ajin S Kumar "A Case Study of Assessment of Haemato-Biochemical Profile, Clinical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management of Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Tropical Canine Pancytopenia) In A Male Doberman DOG " International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011,Volume 8, Issue 4, pp.426-434, July-August-2021. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST218467