Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Blood changes in dogs with large Babesia infection in Warsaw Poland
By Zygner, Wojciech et al.·Published in Veterinary parasitology·2007·Department of Preclinical Sciences·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Hematological changes during the course of canine babesiosis caused by large Babesia in domestic dogs in Warsaw (Poland).
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Plain-English summary
A group of 248 dogs in Warsaw were found to have blood issues due to a tick-borne disease called babesiosis, caused by large Babesia. Many of these dogs showed low platelet counts (thrombocytopenia) and other blood abnormalities, such as low red blood cell counts and changes in white blood cells. These symptoms can lead to serious health problems, and the study highlighted how common these issues were in infected dogs. Treatment typically involves addressing the underlying infection and managing the blood abnormalities, which can help improve the dogs' health.
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Abstract
In the presented study we evaluated the hematological changes in samples of blood obtained from 248 dogs naturally infected with large Babesia. The evaluation included red blood cell count, hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), leucocyte counts, thrombocyte counts, mean platelet volume (MPV), morphology of erythrocytes and leucogram. The most common disorders in affected dogs were thrombocytopenia and anisocytosis. The count of erythrocytes below reference values was detected in 26.2% of dogs and 31.4% of affected animals presented hematocrit below the reference values. Hemoglobin concentration below the reference values was noted in 29% of dogs, an increase of MCHC above normal values was detected in 21% of examinated dogs and MCV below normal values was recognized in 2% of dogs. 60.5% of dogs presented anisocytosis, 25% poikilocytosis, 23.8% polychromasia, 19.7% hypochromia and 4.4% erythroblastosis. Thrombocytopenia was detected in 99.5% of dogs, but only 15.3% of examined animals showed increase of MPV, which suggests a response of the bone marrow. 36.3% of dogs had neutropenia, and 21.8% presented a left shift, 14.9% had the lymphocytosis and 7.2% lymphopenia.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17157987/