INTAS POLIVET

Open Access
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue: 2

Hemato-Biochemical Alterations and Management of Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis

  • Author:
  • Kamal Kumar1, Rajesh Agrawal2,, Nishi Pande3, Rajiv Singh4
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 264 to 266

1Post Graduate Scholar, Division of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics

2Associate Professor, Division of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics

3Assistant Professor, Division of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics

4Professor, Division of Veterinary Medicine Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Jammu (SKUAST-J), R.S. Pura, Jammu-181102 (Jammu and Kashmir)

Division of Veterinary Medicine Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Jammu (SKUAST-J), R.S. Pura, Jammu-181102 (Jammu and Kashmir)

*Corresponding author E-mail: rajesh.agrawal76@gmail.com

Online published on 4 May, 2019.

Abstract

The study records the pre and post-treatment alterations in clinico-hemato-biochemical indices of five dogs positive for naturally occurring monocytic ehrlichiosis based on blood smear examination. Significantly (P<0.05) lower hemoglobin, platelets and TEC along with higher (P>0.05) neutrophils and monocytes were recorded in affected dogs as compared to healthy counterparts. Dogs with ehrlichiosis also showed significantly (P<0.05) increased levels of AST and ALT, suggestive of hepatic involvement in disease pathophysiology. Blood smear examination and estimation of hemato-biochemical parameters hold equal importance for complete diagnostic approach in dogs with ehrlichiosis.

Keywords

Biochemical, canine, hematology, ehrlichiosis