E. canis bannere

ASIF PASHA
BANNER ON EHRLICHIOSIS IN DOG

1. CANIN EHRLICHIOSIS ETIOLOGY : EHRLICHIA CANIS IT IS OBLIGATORY INTRACELLULAR BACTERIA LIVE WITH IN THE WITH IN BLOOD CELLS ESPECIALLY IN MONOCYTES TRANSMISSION BY :1. VECTOR BROWN DOG TICK ( RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS ) 2.BLOOD TRANSFUSION. 3.IT IS WORLD WIDE DISTRIBUTION (ASIA, AMERICA, AFRICA) 4.GERMAN SHEPHERD ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE . PATHOGENESIS 1.HOST GET INFECTION THROUGH TICK BITE 2.ORGANISM ENTERS INTO THE HOST CIRCULATIPON 3.THROGHENDOCYTOSIS ENTERS INTO THE MONOCYTES 4.MULTIPLY AND FORM MORULAE 5.RELEASE THE ORGANISM BY RUTURE THE MORULAE 6.THEY INVADE THE OTHER CELL THROUGH CYTOPLASMIC PROJECTION 7.FINALLY THEY SPEAD THROUGH OUT THE BODY . Dignosis 1. base on clinical sing 2. Blood smear examination to find morulae in monocyte . 3. Serological test . 4.Hemotology (THROMBOCYTOPENIA , PANCYTOPENIA and ANAEMIA). 5. serum biochemistry( (HYPOALBUMINEMIA, HYPERGLOBUMINEMIA ) CLINICAL SIGN AND POST MORTEM LESIONS 1.PETECHIOAL HAEMORRAGE ( PIN POIN T HAEMORRAGE) . 2.UVEITIS ; INFLAMATION OF UVEI. Treatment : Antimicrobial therapy : DOXYCYCLIN -10mg/Kg -P/O-for 21 -25 days. Oxytetracyclin-5mg/Kg-I/V-for 21 -25 days. Fluid therapy Blood transfusion Control: 1.VECTOR ( Tick) control 2.Chemoprophylaxixs by using Teteracycline @6.6mg/kg. ASIF PASHA VSK-1405 2 ND BVSc and AH 3.EPITAXIS