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Vet Mex 2012; 43 (1)
First report of hepatozoonsis in a dog from Tamaulipas, Mexico
Carvajal V, Almazán C, Aguirre-Guzmán G, Barrón VCA, Fraga EE
Language: English/Spanish
References: 17
Page: 71-76
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ABSTRACT
A 3-year-old male Bloodhound dog was presented to a private veterinary hospital at Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, with a 2-week history of weight loss, generalized weakness, anorexia and ptyalism. Results of a hemogram revealed moderate anemia with a chronic inflammatory leukogram. Also, various neutrophlis (approximately 10%) containing elongated pale blue staining intracytoplasmic inclusions, compatible with gametocytes of
Hepatozoon spp were observed. Up until now, this is the first case report of canine hepatozoonosis detected in Tamaulipas.
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