First Confirmed Clinical Case of Anaplasma platys in a Dog in Serbia

Ilić Božović Anja; Radaković Milena; Spariosu Kristina; Tyrrell Phyllis; Chandrashekar Ramaswamy; Mišić Dušan; Kovačević Filipović Milica

doi:10.2478/acve-2021-0008

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First Confirmed Clinical Case of Anaplasma platys in a Dog in Serbia

Acta Veterinaria

Volume 71 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)

By: Ilić Božović Anja, Radaković Milena, Spariosu Kristina, Tyrrell Phyllis, Chandrashekar Ramaswamy, Mišić Dušan and Kovačević Filipović Milica

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|Mar 2021

Abstract

In September 2018, a four-month-old dog with fever and petechial bleeding came to the internal clinic at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Belgrade. On hematology analysis, thrombocytopenia and mild anemia were observed. Examination of the blood smear revealed platelet inclusions. The commercial serology test was positive for Anaplasma spp. The dog was treated with doxycycline for 14 days, and after 48 hours from the beginning of the treatment, the symptoms subsided. PCR analysis and sequencing confirmed infection with A. platys.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acve-2021-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1820-7448 | Journal ISSN: 0567-8315

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Language: English

Page range: 107 - 112

Submitted on: Nov 4, 2020

Accepted on: Feb 10, 2021

Published on: Mar 22, 2021

Published by: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

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Keywords:

Anaplasma platys,

dog,

Serbia,

PCR,

serology

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Veterinary medicine

© 2021 Ilić Božović Anja, Radaković Milena, Spariosu Kristina, Tyrrell Phyllis, Chandrashekar Ramaswamy, Mišić Dušan, Kovačević Filipović Milica, published by University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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