First Confirmed Clinical Case of Anaplasma platys in a Dog in Serbia

In September 2018, a four-month-old dog with fever and petechial bleeding came to the internal clinic at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Belgrade. On hematology analysis, thrombocytopenia and mild anemia were observed. Examination of the blood smear revealed platelet inclusions. The...

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Published inActa veterinaria (Beograd) Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 107 - 112
Main Authors Anja, Ilić Božović, Milena, Radaković, Kristina, Spariosu, Phyllis, Tyrrell, Ramaswamy, Chandrashekar, Dušan, Mišić, Milica, Kovačević Filipović
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Belgrade Sciendo 01.03.2021
De Gruyter Poland
Subjects
Anaplasma platys
anaplasmosis
anemia
blood platelets
case studies
dog
dog diseases
dogs
doxycycline
drug therapy
fever
hematologic tests
hemorrhage
PCR
polymerase chain reaction
sequence analysis
Serbia
serology
thrombocytopenia
Serbia
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ISSN1820-7448
0567-8315
1820-7448
DOI10.2478/acve-2021-0008

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Summary:In September 2018, a four-month-old dog with fever and petechial bleeding came to the internal clinic at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Belgrade. On hematology analysis, thrombocytopenia and mild anemia were observed. Examination of the blood smear revealed platelet inclusions. The commercial serology test was positive for spp. The dog was treated with doxycycline for 14 days, and after 48 hours from the beginning of the treatment, the symptoms subsided. PCR analysis and sequencing confirmed infection with
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ISSN:1820-7448
0567-8315
1820-7448
DOI:10.2478/acve-2021-0008