Prevalencia de anaplasma phagocytophilum en caninos atendidos en la Clínica Veterinaria Pet Roussel de Guayaquil, diagnosticado mediante inmunofluorescencia indirecta de la IgG.

Abstract

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an obligate intracellular bacterium, whose vector is the Ixodes ricinus tick in dogs and Ixodes scapularis in humans. As a reservoir and guests are a great variety of mammals and birds. Its symptomatic picture is associated with the diseases caused by rickettsiae, this one being in particular the one with the least clinical history of importance. The present study was carried out at the Pet Roussel Veterinary Clinic located in the Garzota 1 Citadel, north of the city of Guayaquil, with the aim of identifying A. phagocytophilum by means of indirect immunofluorescence of IgG in dogs that present frequent clinical signs of the diseases of the tick. The variables under study are sex, age, presence and control of ticks, reoccurrence of the disease, symptoms and hematological abnormalities. In the results the age and the presence of ticks were the most relevant data in their identification data. Fever, decay, inappetence were established as the most frequent symptoms of the disease, and thrombocytopenia and anemia as the hematological abnormalities more evident in the hemogram. It is concluded that A. phagocytophilum and E. canis should be identified in pairs since it provides a better understanding of the symptoms and results in blood.