Visceral leishmaniasis in an English foxhound from an Ohio research colony

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1988 Nov 1;193(9):1089-92.

Abstract

Visceral leishmaniasis was diagnosed in a 5-year-old English Foxhound born and housed in an Ohio research colony. Physical examination revealed pyrexia, hematochezia, panuveitis, splenomegaly, and lymphadenopathy. Hematologic and serum biochemical abnormalities consisted of anemia, thrombocytopenia, hypoalbuminemia, hyperglobulinemia, azotemia, and proteinuria. Postmortem examination revealed widely disseminated (spleen, bone marrow, lymph node, liver, kidney, lungs) Leishmania amastigotes within macrophages.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Laboratory / parasitology*
  • Dog Diseases / parasitology*
  • Dog Diseases / pathology
  • Dogs
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / pathology
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / veterinary*
  • Male
  • Ohio