Leishamniose visceral canina em cão de Caldas Novas, Goiás
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2008
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The objective of the present work was to describe a visceral case of leishmaniasis in a dog from Caldas Novas,
GO, region until then considered as a disease free area. The animal, attended in the Veterinarian Hospital of the
Federal University of Goiás, presented loss of weight, alopecic area of irregular format at the nasal back, onicogrifosis,
atrophy of the head’s muscles and failure of the right popliteus lymphonode. For the laboratorial diagnosis, samples
were collected by biopsy from the complete skin of the auricular region, by punsion from the popliteus lymphonode
for preparation of Giemsa stained blades and 5 mL of the blood were also collected for serum diagnosis. The direct
microscopy revealed, from the evaluation of the imprint obtained from the skin fragment and from the “squash” of
the inhaled lymphonode, great amount of amastigoste forms of Leishmania in the cytoplasm of macrophages.
Based on the clinical presentation, on the parasitologic and on the serology examination of the samples, we concluded
the exams with the diagnosis of calazar disease.
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Leishmaniose visceral canina, Kalaazar, Cão, Leishmania chagasi, Caldas Novas, Canine visceral leishmaniasis, Calazar, Dog
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AZEVEDO, Elisa M. R.; LINHARES, Guido F. C.; DUARTE, Sabrina C.; JAYME, Valéria de Sá; OLIVEIRA, Helton F.; OLIVEIRA, Vilma F. Leishamniose visceral canina em cão de Caldas Novas, Goiás. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, Jaboticabal, v. 17, supl. 1, p. 339-341, 2008.