Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Hunting dog in Korea with Lyme disease symptoms treated successfully
By Choi, Ul Soo et al.·Published in Journal of veterinary science·2009·Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, South Korea·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: A suspected case of Lyme borreliosis in a hunting dog in Korea.
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Plain-English summary
A 2-year-old male Pointer was brought to the vet because he had lost weight, wasn't eating, and seemed very tired for about 10 days. The vet found that he had a fever, swollen lymph nodes, and was infested with ticks. Tests showed that he had Lyme disease, which is caused by ticks, and he was treated with doxycycline for two weeks. After treatment, he started to feel better, and follow-up tests showed that the Lyme disease levels in his blood returned to normal.
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Abstract
A two-year-old male Pointer had been presented with anorexia, cachexia, and weight loss of 10-day duration. Upon physical examination, fever, lethargy, superficial lymph node enlargement, and tick infestation were noted. The only abnormality in CBC and serum chemistry analyses was mild hyperglobulinemia. Spleen was enlarged by radiography, and the lymph nodes showed neutrophilic lymphadenitis by cytological examination. A polymerase chain reaction test for babesiosis and commercial ELISA tests for Ehrlichia canis, heartworm, and Lyme disease was negative except for Lyme disease, which was verified by both an IFA-IgG test and a quantitative C(6) assay. Doxycycline was administered for 2 weeks and the recovery was uneventful. Post-treatment C(6) titer decreased to within normal limits.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19255531/