Cardiac troponin I concentrations, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic variables remained unchanged in dogs experimentally infected with Ehrlichia canis.
Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME, Ehrlichia canis) has occasionally been associated with myocardial injury. The aim of the present study was to serially measure and evaluate cardiac troponin I (cTnI) concentrations in dogs with experimentally induced acute and subclinical CME and to evaluate potential associations between cTnI concentration and an array of echocardiographic and electrocardiographic parameters. Serum cTnI concentration and simultaneous echocardiographic and electrocardiographic recordings were evaluated in 12 healthy Beagle dogs prior to experimental infection and on days 20 and 90 post-inoculation with E. canis. Almost all serum cTnI concentrations were below the limit of detection and selected electrocardiographic and echocardiographic parameters remained unchanged throughout the study.
Companion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (SVM-AUTh), 11 Stavrou Voutyra Street, 54627, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Lamprini
L
Kalogianni
Companion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (SVM-AUTh), 11 Stavrou Voutyra Street, 54627, Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: balgorad@gmail.com.
Christos K
CK
Koutinas
Companion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (SVM-AUTh), 11 Stavrou Voutyra Street, 54627, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Konstantina
K
Theodorou
Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 4474 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Panagiotis G
PG
Xenoulis
Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 4474 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Jan S
JS
Suchodolski
Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
Shimon
S
Harrus
Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, 4474 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Joerg M
JM
Steiner
Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Victoria I
VI
Siarkou
Companion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (SVM-AUTh), 11 Stavrou Voutyra Street, 54627, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Mathios E
ME
Mylonakis
D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D058345:Asymptomatic Infections; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D041061:Ehrlichia canis / Q000502:physiology*; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009000:Monocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*
D019210:Troponin I
Dog; Echocardiography; Monocytic ehrlichiosis; Myocarditis; Troponin I