SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF LEPTOSPIROSIS  IN A DOG – A CASE REPORT

Navaneethakrishnan Sundaram; Abarna Murugan; P. Pothiappan; M. Ranjithkumar; H .Vijayakumar

doi:10.56093/ijvasr.v51i4.130072

Authors

Navaneethakrishnan Sundaram Junior veterinarian, Humane Animal Society, Coimbatore.
Abarna Murugan Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Georgia, Athens.
P. Pothiappan Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai-600 007.
M. Ranjithkumar Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai-600 007.
H .Vijayakumar Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai-600 007

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvasr.v51i4.130072

Keywords:

Canine, Doxycycline, Leptospira, Microscopic agglutination test

Abstract

A seven year old intact non-descript male dog was brought to the Madras Veterinary College Small Animal Unit with a history of reduced appetite, vomiting and voiding of dark yellowish urine for the past three days. On physical examination, he had pyrexia, icteric mucous membrane and enlarged lymph nodes. Haematobiochemistry analysis revealed anaemia with neutrophilia, elevated creatinine, direct and total bilirubin. He was diagnosed as Leptospira interrogans by using ELISA and the serovar was confirmed as Leptospira interrogans var. canicola using Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT). He had uneventful recovery after being treated with Doxycycline orally for 21 days along with supportive therapy.

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