Strategies for the Diagnosis of Granulocytic Anaplasmosis in Two Naturally Infected Dogs

• Published in: Animals (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 49
• Main Authors: Martinescu, Gabriela-Victoria, Ivănescu, Larisa, Ștefănescu, Raluca, Andronic, Lavinia, Mătiuț, Simona, Mîndru, Raluca, Solcan, Gheorghe, Miron, Liviu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 22.12.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Abdomen; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Anaplasma platys; anaplasmosis; Animals; Antibodies; Arachnids; Asymptomatic; Bacterial infections; Birds; blood; Blood banks; blood donation; Blood donors; Blood platelets; Blood transfusions; Case Report; Diagnosis; Disease transmission; Dogs; doxycycline; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; eosinophilia; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; females; FLEX4; Health aspects; hematologic tests; hematology; IDEXX; immunoaffinity chromatography; Infections; males; Neutrophils; pain; Parasitic diseases; Pathogens; Public health; qRT-PCR; Serology; Spleen; Thrombocytopenia; Tick-borne diseases; Ultrasonic imaging; Vectors (Biology); Veterinarians; veterinary medicine; Veterinary supplies industry; Viral antibodies; United States; Romania; Europe; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; dogs; FLEX4; IDEXX; qRT-PCR; blood donation

This study describes granulocytic anaplasmosis in two dogs naturally infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum. The 3-year-old dogs (male and female) came from the same household and were referred to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Iasi for blood donation. They were subject to standard routine t...