Clinicopathological findings in naturally occurring cases of babesiosis caused by large form Babesia from dogs of northeastern Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 77-85

  Furlanello, T ^a   Fiorio, F ^a   Caldin, M ^a   Lubas, G ^b   Solano Gallego, L ^a  

^a Laboratorio d'Analisi Veterinarie San Marco   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Babesia; Clinicopathological findings; Dog

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTITHROMBIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATINE KINASE; D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; LACTIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANOREXIA; APATHY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CROATIA; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEMOSTASIS; HUNGARY; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REGENERATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINALYSIS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 27544460138     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.07.016     Document Type: Article

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