Features of haemogram, erithrogram and leucogram in dogs with haemangioarcoma lienis

The purpose of these research was to analyze the haemogram in dogs with haemangiosarcoma lienis. Analyzing haematogram, erithrogram and leucogram, history of the patient, clinical signs, can be helpful in getting define diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. Haemangiosarcona (HS) is often disease nowadays in dogs in urban environment. Also, we have availabele a lot of diagnostical methods and approachies in other to define the exact diagnosis and eventual prognosis. The group of examinated dogs compraise a different patients with various clinical signs. The owners describe the different clinical signs of the dogs, that depend of the progress and stage of disease. All of the dogs, after the different analyses has diagnosed haemangiosarcoma lienis. Values of parametres can indices the appearance of haemangiosarcoma lienis. Dogs with splenoctomy of rupture haemagiosarcoma, has bad prognostic signs. During the period of 8-12 month, mild leukocitisis developed, subfebrile status and exacerbation of the disease with generalize metastatic tumors in the different parts of the body. There are a lot of local contact tumors

Serological diagnostic of maedi-visna (MVV) in sheep and caprine arthritis encephalitis virus (CAEV) in goats in Macedonia

Maedi-Visna in sheep and CAEV in goats are diseases caused by lentiviruses with very similar antigenic characteristics. This diseases are very important for the animal husbandry because of the economical losses they cause (reduced milk yield, lower body weight, deaths, therapy expenses). The results in this article, represents the first serological confirmation for the existence of this diseases in Macedonia. Investigations showed high percent of seroprevalence in the examined herds. The seroprevalence ranges from 60.3% for Maedi-Visna to 55.8% for CAEV. Despite the presence of clinical signs of the disease, the mortality is low, witch is related to the presence of the causal agent in the field i.e. the endemic character of this diseases

Effects of doxycycline treatment on hematological and blood biochemical parameters in dogs naturally infected with Ehrlichia canis

Ehrlichia canis, the etiologic agent of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME), is mainly transmitted by the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Clinical signs of the disease can be various, depending on the stage of the disease. Typical changes in hematological and blood biochemical parameters are: severe thrombocytopenia, mild to marked non regenerative anaemia and hypoalbuminemia. In order to present the effects of the treatment protocol on several hematological and biochemistry parameters, 34 Ehrlichia canis positive dogs were compared before and after treatment with doxycycline 10mg/kg/day, in duration of four weeks. Besides the clinical sings and laboratory findings, diagnosis was confirmed by antibody tests (Bionote, Korea, AGROLABO S.p.A., Italy). The most common clinical sings were depression, lethargy, pyrexia, vomiting and anorexia. Hematological analyses were performed on the automatic hematology analyzer Exigo ЕоѕVet (Sweden), while biochemistry analyses (alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, urea, creatinine, albumin, total protein, globulin and alkaline phosphatase) were performed using the automatic analyzer ChemWell 2910 (Awareness Technology, INC, USA). Statistically significant difference (p<0.05) in hematology changes was present regarding the red blood cells count, platelet count, hematocrit and hemoglobin before and after treatment. Hypoalbuminaemia (Mean 19.21 ±4.96 g/l) was the only serum biochemistry parameter with significant change before and after treatment, as well. Treatment with doxycycline in patients with E.canis resulted in significant increase of hematology parameters (red blood cells, hemoglobin, haematocrit and platelets), as well as albumins in serum