INFEZIONE DA ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM IN CANI SICILIANI

摘要

Serological and clinical investigations were conducted to identify anaplasmosis in 72 Sicilian dogs. Antibodies to Anaplasma phagocytophilum (IFAT) were founded in 32 (44.44%) of examined dogs: in 10 (13.89%) as single infection, while in 22 (30.56%)associated with Ehrlichia canis. Most animals showed a variable symptomatology: disorexia, febrile syndrome, dehydration, mucous membrane pallor, lymphadenopathy; clinical signs was more evident in mixed infection. Haematological examination constantly showed thrombo-cytopenia, both in single and in mixed infection.