Abstract
Hepatozoonosis is a disease caused by a protozoan of Hepatozoon genus. In Brazil, Hepatozoon canis has been reported to cause disease in dogs. Transmission occurs after ingestion of infected ticks, and the muscles and leukocytes are parasitism locations. Muscle tremors, myalgia and clinical hyperthermia are signals that can occur in affected dogs. Diagnosis can be accomplished by the detection of gamonts forms inside leukocytes from blood smears and for the treatment, imidocarb dipropionate is the drug of choice. The objective of this work is to describe the first case of canine hepatozoonosis in the municipality of Santa Teresa-ES, using the medical records of the infected animal. This study highlights the possibility of underdiagnosis of the disease, probably due to the lack of veterinarian’s knowledge about it and it also reviews the literature about this little-known parasite.
Highlights
Hepatozoonosis is a disease caused by a protozoan of Hepatozoon genus
El diagnóstico se puede hacer mediante la detección de gamontes en leucocitos en el frotis de sangre, y para el tratamiento, el dipropionato de imidocarb es el fármaco de elección
Existem relatos de outras espécies de carrapatos no Brasil que podem estar relacionadas à infecção, como o gênero Amblyomma (Massard, 1979)
Summary
Hepatozoonosis is a disease caused by a protozoan of Hepatozoon genus. In Brazil, Hepatozoon canis has been reported to cause disease in dogs. Trinta e nove dias após a realização da ovariohisterectomia, o proprietário retornou a clínica e relatou que o animal apresentava dificuldade de deambulação em membros pélvicos, dificuldade para se levantar e tremores musculares.
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