Open Access
Research
(Published
online: 27-02-2017)
19.
Clinical and hematobiochemical
response in canine monocytic ehrlichiosis seropositive dogs of
Punjab -
Manasa R. Kottadamane,
Pritpal Singh Dhaliwal,
Lachhman Das Singla,
Baljinder Kumar Bansal
and Sanjeev Kumar Uppal
Veterinary World, 10(2): 255-261
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2017.255-261
Manasa R.
Kottadamane :
Department of
Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru Angad
Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab,
India.
Pritpal Singh
Dhaliwal :
Department of
Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru Angad
Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab,
India.
Lachhman Das Singla :
Department of
Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru
Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana,
Punjab, India.
Baljinder Kumar
Bansal :
Department of
Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru Angad
Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab,
India.
Sanjeev Kumar Uppal :
Department of
Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru Angad
Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab,
India.
Received: 22-07-2016, Accepted: 05-01-2017, Published online:
27-02-2017
Corresponding author:
Manasa R.
Kottadamane, e-mail: vetmanasa@gmail.com
Citation:
Kottadamane MR, Dhaliwal PS, Singla LD, Bansal BK, Uppal SK (2017)
Clinical and hematobiochemical response in canine monocytic
ehrlichiosis seropositive dogs of Punjab, Veterinary World,
10(2): 255-261.
Abstract
Aim:
As in India
especially, the Punjab state sero-prevalence and distribution of
ehrlichiosis in relation to clinico-hematobiochemical response
remains largely unexplored. Thus, this study was designed to
determine the prevalence of vector (tick)-borne tropical canine
pancytopenia caused by Ehrlichia canis through enzyme
labeled ImmunoComb®
(IC) assay in dogs from in and around Ludhiana,
Punjab. Correlation of prevalence was made with various
clinico-hematobiochemical parameters.
Materials and
Methods:
Seroprevalence
study was carried out using IC®
test kit (Biogal, Galed Labs). The study was
conducted in 84 dogs presented to the Small Animal Clinics,
Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary
and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab.
Results:
Out of 84
suspected dogs for ehrlichiosis, based on peripheral thin blood
smear examination 12 (14.28%) cases were positive for the morulae
of E. canis and 73 (86.90%) dogs were found positive to
E. canis antibodies through IC®
canine Ehrlichia antibody test kit,
respectively. Among the different age groups 1-3 years of aged
group showed highest prevalence (41.09%), followed by the 3-6
years age group (32.87%), infection levels were lower in the <1
year of age group dogs (13.69%) and more than 6 years age group
dogs (12.32%). The highest prevalence was seen in Labrador
retriever. This study indicates that season plays a very important
role in the prevalence of ehrlichiosis. The most common findings
observed were anemia, leukocytosis, neutropenia, lymphopenia,
thrombocytopenia, eosinophilia followed by hyperbilirubinemia,
increased levels of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine
aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase, hypoalbuminemia,
hyperglobulinaemia, decrease in albumin and globulin ratio,
increase in blood urea nitrogen and creatinine.
Conclusions:
Serological techniques like IC®
are more useful for detecting chronic and
subclinical infections and are ideally suited to epidemiological
investigations.
Keywords:
dogs, Ehrlichia canis, ImmunoComb test, morulae.
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