Table 1.

Breed, sex, age (in years), description of clinical signs, laboratory abnormalities and diagnostic test results for 7 dogs co-infected by two or more canine vector-borne diseases causing pathogens

Dog no./breed	Sex	Age	Clinical signs	Laboratory abnormalities	Cytology				PCR
					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.