Hallazgos hematológicos en caninos positivos a Ehrlichia spp, en tres clínicas veterinarias de la ciudad de Pamplona Norte de Santander.

Abstract

Ehrlichiosis is an infectious disease of worldwide distribution that affects domestic and wild canines, characterized by hemorrhages, wasting and high mortality. Due to the Colombian geography, most of the national territory is in hot climates which favors the presentation of Ehrlichia spp, this disease is a common problem in the clinic of small animals, since the climatic conditions favor the survival of the tick. Studies in the department of Norte de Santander are scarce, for this reason the research is a retrospective model in which the medical records of the last three years (2016, 2017, 2018) of patients diagnosed with Ehrlichia spp of three veterinary clinics were taken, these veterinary clinics are located in the municipality of Pamplona in the North of Santander. The study population was 141 canine patients diagnosed positively to the hemoparasite by means of PCR, SNAP, ESP, where the study findings reported classical hematological alterations for this disease, namely: hyperchromic microcytic anemia with a presentation of 43.97 %, leukocytosis with 41.13%, leukopenia 21.98%, thrombocytopenia 76.59% and a significance between the variables age and hematocrit, age and leukocytes.