Estudo retrospectivo dos casos de cães com diagnóstico clínico de ehrlichiose, no município de Patos, estado da Paraíba, Brasil.

Abstract

The ehrlichiose is considered a zoonosis, and can be fatal. It is that most species of Ehrlichias can affect the man. The disease may present three stages: acute, chronic and subclinical. The genus Ehrlichia parasites intracitoplasmic comprises white blood cells and platelets of several species of mammals and is transmitted by the bite of ticks biologically brown, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. As host, the incubation period of the disease is 8 to 20 days. Based on its importance in public health, was made retrospective study of cases of dogs with clinical diagnosis of Ehrlichiose in the city of Patos between the years 2004 to 2008. We examined a total of 779 sheets clinics. We can highlight that in relation to variables: age, presence or absence of ticks and amendments laboratory (thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, leukocytosis, lymphocytosis, lymphopenia, anemia, neutropenia and neutrophilia), statistical results were significant. The prevalence was 19.89%. The presence of variable tick is significant.