Premium
Diagnosis of ehrlichiosis from the presence of inclusion bodies or morulae of E can is
Author(s) -
Elias E.
Publication year - 1992
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.1748-5827.1992.tb01048.x
Subject(s) - ehrlichiosis , medicine , enzootic , ehrlichia , ehrlichia canis , canis , giemsa stain , pathology , virology , immunology , tick , biology , serology , paleontology , virus , antibody
Peripheral blood smears (stained with May‐Griinwald‐Giemsa) taken from 250 dogs showing clinical signs suggestive of ehrlichiosis were examined for the presence of inclusion bodies or morulae of Ehrlichia canis. Inclusion bodies were seen in 220 (88 per cent) cases, of which only 9 (4 per cent) cases exhibited morulae. Thus inclusions other than morulae may play an important role in the diagnosis of canine ehrlichiosis in enzootic areas.