Therapeutic Management of Trypanosomosis with Ophthalmic Involvement in a Dog

The present report communicates trypanosomosis with ophthalmic involvement, its diagnosis, hemato-biochemistry and therapeutic management in a dog. The dog had history of bilateral corneal opacity and impaired vision since last four weeks. On the basis of history and clinical signs, a presumptive diagnosis of canine trypanosomosis was made followed by confirmation with Giemsa stained buffy coat smear examination. Therapeutic regimen was comprised of Diminazine aceturate for two occasions 24 hours apart along with parenteral fluids, hematinics, NSAID and multivitamins yielding favourable response by third day post-therapy.