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Diagnosis of canine trypanosomiasis: three sites of blood collection compared
Author(s) -
UCHE U. E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1985.tb02209.x
Subject(s) - venipuncture , medicine , pinna , trypanosomiasis , blood stream , trypanosoma , blood smear , veterinary medicine , pathology , physiology , anatomy , surgery , malaria
Haematological studies on 100 dogs that were weak, anorectous and had rectal temperatures of not less than 103d̀F (39‐4d̀C) showed that 7 (7 per cent) had trypanosomes present in blood smears. Blood collected from the tip of the tail and edge of the pinna yielded more trypanosomes than those collected via a saphenous venepuncture. The use of a pin‐puncture on the edge of the pinna has proved the best source of blood for studies involving only the haematological demonstration of trypanosomes.