Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Trypanosoma infection causing eye problems in dogs in Sri Lanka
By Dangolla, A et al.·Published in Parasitology international·2020·Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Canine trypanosomosis in Sri Lanka: An emerging problem reported from three distinct geographic locations.
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Plain-English summary
Three dogs in Sri Lanka were brought to the veterinary hospital in critical condition, suffering from eye problems like cloudiness and keratitis (inflammation of the cornea). Tests confirmed they had a serious infection caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma evansi. Despite receiving treatment with a medication called diminazine aceturate, all three dogs sadly did not survive. This situation highlights an emerging health issue for dogs in the region.
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Abstract
Here we report three cases of canine trypanosomosis presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka during 2018. The cases were presented to the hospital when the dogs were already in critical condition. Confirmation of the cases was done by microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained thin blood smears. All three dogs had bilateral keratitis and anterior chamber cloudiness in eyes. Despite the intramuscular administration of diminazine aceturate, all of them subsequently died. Amplification and sequencing of a fragment of the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) of the nuclear ribosomal DNA confirmed the parasite as Trypanosoma. evansi. This is the first record of clinical cases of canine trypanosomosis in Sri Lanka. The three cases reported here came from widely separated geographical locations within the country: Balangoda, Mullaitivu and Kadawatha.
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