DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING – DOGS The typical dog with LSA will present with generalized (or less commonly regional) lymphadenopathy. Differential diagnoses for generalized adenopathy can include Ehrlichiosis or other immune-mediated diseases, systemic mycosis, severe pyoderma or other skin disease, and reactive hyperplasia. The most simple way do discern the cause for lymphadenopathy is via needle ...

Abstract The canine transmissible venereal tumor (TVTC) is a neoplasm transmitted mainly through copulation and with high incidence in stray dogs Brazil. In the process of evolution TVTC, progression, stationary regression phases are recognized. host immunity related to disease’s biological behavior, however, spontaneous observation cases naturally occurring TVTC uncommon. A patient was attende...

Ehrlichia chaffeensis and E. ewingii, causal agents of human ehrlichiosis, and has demonstrated marked geographic expansion in recent years. A. americanum ticks often outnumber the vector of Lyme disease, Ixodes scapularis, where both ticks are sympatric, yet cases of Lyme disease far exceed ehrlichiosis cases. We quantified the risk for Relative Risk for Ehrlichiosis and Lyme Disease in an Are...

AIM The present research work was undertaken to study the diagnostic importance of hematobiochemical changes in naturally occurring ehrlichiosis in dogs of Anand region, Gujarat irrespective of their age, breed, and sex. MATERIALS AND METHODS Blood samples from a total of 29 dogs of Anand region of Gujarat state were screened for detection of anti-Ehrlichia canis antibodies using Immunocomb(®...