Some Haematological, Biochemical and Electrophoretic Findings in Dogs with Visceral Leishmaniasis

Canine visceral Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by protozoan of the genus Leishmania. This chronic and often fatal disease is a zoonosis with a wide distribution in the America, Africa, Asia and Mediterranean basin. In Mediterranean countries the prevalence of CVL ranges from 1 % to 37 % [3, 10]. Although a limited number of studies on canine visceral leishmaniasis have been conducted in Turkey, it has been established that the main causative agent in that country is L. infantum [20].