A suspected case of Lyme borreliosis in a hunting dog in Korea.
A two-year-old male Pointer had been presented with anorexia, cachexia, and weight loss of 10-day duration. Upon physical examination, fever, lethargy, superficial lymph node enlargement, and tick infestation were noted. The only abnormality in CBC and serum chemistry analyses was mild hyperglobulinemia. Spleen was enlarged by radiography, and the lymph nodes showed neutrophilic lymphadenitis by cytological examination. A polymerase chain reaction test for babesiosis and commercial ELISA tests for Ehrlichia canis, heartworm, and Lyme disease was negative except for Lyme disease, which was verified by both an IFA-IgG test and a quantitative C(6) assay. Doxycycline was administered for 2 weeks and the recovery was uneventful. Post-treatment C(6) titer decreased to within normal limits.
Choi
Ul Soo
US
Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Korea.
Kim
Hyun Wook
HW
You
Sung Eun
SE
Youn
Hee Jeong
HJ
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline