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A suspected case of Lyme borreliosis in a hunting dog in Korea
Authors:Ul Soo Choi   Hyun Wook Kim   Sung Eun You   Hee Jeong Youn
Affiliation:1Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Korea.;2Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital, Sung Nam 463-050, Korea.;3KRF Priority Zoonotic Disease Research Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
Abstract:A two-year-old male Pointer had been presented with anorexia, cachexia, and weight loss of 10-day duration. Upon physical examination, fever, lethargy, superficial lymph node enlargement, and tick infestation were noted. The only abnormality in CBC and serum chemistry analyses was mild hyperglobulinemia. Spleen was enlarged by radiography, and the lymph nodes showed neutrophilic lymphadenitis by cytological examination. A polymerase chain reaction test for babesiosis and commercial ELISA tests for Ehrlichia canis, heartworm, and Lyme disease was negative except for Lyme disease, which was verified by both an IFA-IgG test and a quantitative C6 assay. Doxycycline was administered for 2 weeks and the recovery was uneventful. Post-treatment C6 titer decreased to within normal limits.
Keywords:dog   fever   hyperglobulinemia   Lyme disease
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