Table 1.
Dog no./breed | Sex | Age | Clinical signs | Laboratory abnormalities |
Cytology |
PCR |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blood | Buffy coat | Lymph node | Bone marrow | Blood | Bone marrow | |||||
1/Fila Brasileiro |
F |
5.5 |
Weight loss, anorexia, exercise intolerance, pale mucous membranes, lymph node enlargement, furfuraceous dermatitis |
Anaemia, polyclonal gammopathy, low PLT |
Diro |
– |
Leish |
Leish, Diro |
Ehrl, Diro |
Ehrl, Leish |
2/Fila Brasileiro |
M |
6 |
Asymptomatic |
Polyclonal gammopathy |
Diro |
– |
– |
Diro |
Ehrl, Diro |
Ehrl |
3/Mongrel |
F |
5 |
Tongue ulcers, lymph node enlargement |
Polyclonal gammopathy |
– |
– |
Leish |
Leish |
Ehrl |
Ehrl, Leish |
4/English setter |
M |
9 |
Ulcerative granulomatous dermatitis of prepuce |
Anaemia, polyclonal gammopathy, low PLT |
nd |
nd |
Leish |
Leish |
Ehrl |
Ehrl, Leish |
5/Siberian Husky |
M |
8 |
Coughing, anorexia, depression, hyperthermia, pale mucous membranes, lymph node enlargement |
Anaemia, polyclonal gammopathy, low PLT |
– |
– |
Leish |
Leish |
Ehrl |
Ehrl, Leish |
6/Doberman |
F |
4 |
Depression, weight loss, lymph node enlargement, multiple mammary nodules |
Anaemia, hyperproteinemia, polyclonal gammopathy, low PLT |
– |
– |
Leish |
Leish |
Ehrl |
Ehrl, Leish |
7/Schnauzer | F | 5.5 | Lameness, anorexia, lymph node enlargement, epistaxis | Anaemia, polyclonal gammopathy | – | – | Leish | Leish | Ehrl | Leish |
Abbreviations: F female; M male; PLT platelets; nd not done; Diro Dirofilaria immitis; Leish Leishmania infantum; Ehrl Ehrlichia canis.