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- Title
UNDESIRABLE IMMUNE REACTIONS IN THE COURSE OF BABESIOSIS IN A 10-YEAR-OLD BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG.
- Authors
Wojtaś, Justyna; Garbal, Marcin; Garbiec, Aleksandra
- Abstract
Canine Babesiosis is a common tick-borne disease that occurs throughout the world and is a threat to dogs throughout the year. The current piece of work is a description of the aggressive course of tick-borne disease in an 11-year-old male Bernese Mountain Dog, which led to the death of the animal. Based on the clinical case analysis, possible consequences of this disease for the health and life of dogs were presented. Particular attention was paid to the risk of occurrence of autoimmune anemia and thrombocytopenia. This paper describes disease symptoms, diagnostic methods, course and results of the treatment used. In the case described above, the protozoan disease B. canis led to advanced changes in the blood system which disrupting hemostasis of the whole organism.
- Subjects
BABESIOSIS; TICK-borne diseases; SYMPTOMS; IDIOPATHIC thrombocytopenic purpura; PROTOZOAN diseases; CHAGAS' disease
- Publication
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum seria Zootechnica, 2020, Vol 19, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
1644-0714
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21005/asp.2020.19.1.05