title: An unusual form of canine babesiosis.
abstract: An Akita Inu, living in Belgium, was presented with unusual clinical manifestations of acute babesiosis that included neurological signs and pancytopenia. Diagnosis was made by identifying Babesia canis in the blood smear. Neurological signs resolved after treatment with imidocarb diproprionate. Normalization of hematological abnormalities was gradual over 5 months.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Medicine and Clinical Biology of Small Animals, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium. isabelvandemaele@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Van de Maele
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Savary-Bataille
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gielen
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daminet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001403:Babesia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D007095:Imidocarb / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D007095:Imidocarb; C031719:imidocarb dipropionate