Visceral leishmaniasis in an English foxhound from an Ohio research colony.
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.
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Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
Silverman
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Stromberg
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Johnson
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Wilkie
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Eaton
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Kociba
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GJ
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000469:parasitology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009820:Ohio