Diagnosis of Ehrlichia canis in domestic dogs of Havana, Cuba

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Published: Sep 30, 2019
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Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma platys, venous blood smear, phlogistic layer smear, coinfection

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Maylín González Navarrete
Universidad Agraria de La Habana
Claudia Bezerra Da Silva
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Sandra Cuello Portal
Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria
María Beatriz Rodríguez Alonso
Universidad Agraria de La Habana
Adivaldo Henrique Da Fonseca
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME) is a multisystemic disease with complex symptoms and nonspecific clinical signs that affects domestic dogs. The aim of this work was to study the presence of Ehrlichia canis in apparently healthy domestic dogs from four municipalities in western Cuba, by visualizing blood smears and phlogistic layer smears. Two hundred fifty-three dogs of different breeds, ages and sexes were studied. They came from four municipalities in western Cuba in Havana (East Havana, Boyeros and Cotorro), and Mayabeque (San José de las Lajas) provinces. One hundred and fifty-two venous blood smears and 101 phlogistic layer smears were performed. Morulas compatible with E. canis were visualized in 6/152 (3.94 %) venous blood smears and in 8/101 (7.9 %) phlogistic layer smears, without significant differences among the results. Morula compatible with Anaplasma platys was visualized in platelets in a venous blood smear, where morula compatible with E. canis was also observed in a monocyte. The results obtained in this study demonstrated the presence of intracytoplasmic morula of E. canis in monocytes, having coinfection with A. platys in apparently healthy domestic dogs.

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González Navarrete M, Bezerra Da Silva C, Cuello Portal S, Rodríguez Alonso MB, Da Fonseca AH. Diagnosis of Ehrlichia canis in domestic dogs of Havana, Cuba. Rev. Salud Anim. [Internet]. 2019 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 24];41(2). Available from: https://revistas.censa.edu.cu/index.php/RSA/article/view/1022
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Vol. 41 No. 2 (2019): mayo-agosto
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ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES
National Center for Animal and Plant Health (CENSA)

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