title: Ultrasonographic changes in dogs naturally infected with tick borne intracellular diseases.
abstract: Tick-borne infectious diseases constitute an emerging problem in Veterinary Medicine. The study was undertaken to find out the ultrasonographic changes of liver and spleen in 101 positive cases of tick borne intracellular haemoparasitic diseases in dogs. Abdominal survey of ultrasonography revealed hypo echogenicity of liver, gall bladder distension, splenomegaly, hepato-splenomegaly and ascites in various tick born intracellular diseases viz. ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, hepatozoonosis and in mixed infection. Correlating these USG finding with other laboratory examination will be very much useful to spot the diseases condition and organ involvement in tick born intracellular diseases of dog.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry Central Agricultural University Selesih, Aizawl, 796014 Mizoram India.
authors.forename: Kalyan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sarma
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, 243122 Uttar Pradesh India.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.affiliation: Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, VCRI, Orathanadu, Tamilnadu India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saravanan
keywords: Dog; Gall bladder; Liver; Spleen; Tick borne intracellular diseases; USG