Title
Evaluation of the hematology test in the diagnosis of canine ehrlichiosis
Other title
[Evaluación del examen hematológico en el diagnóstico de ehrlichiosis canina]
Date Issued
01 January 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The present study evaluated the level of agreement between the hematology test and the direct ELISA assay for the diagnosis of canine ehrlichiosis. It was used 77 samples from dogs with clinical signs compatible with canine ehrlichiosis and 20 control samples from the Hospital of Small Animals of the Veterinary Medicine Faculty, San Marcos National University. The results showed 84.7 ± 11.0% of concordance by the Kappa test. Likewise, the thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, anemia and history of tick infestation were significantly related (p<0.05) to clinical evidence of the disease. The results revealed that the hematology test was important in the diagnosis of canine ehrlichiosis and that the direct ELISA was an excellent confirmatory test.
Start page
129
End page
135
Volume
18
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Hematología
Crías y mascotas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85047113090
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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