Current situation of Leishmania infantum infection in shelter dogs in northern Spain

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Scoring system categories based on clinical signs and clinic-pathological findings

CLINICAL SIGNS	0	1	2
Weight	normal	reduced	cachexia
Appetite	normal	reduced	anorexia
Behaviour	normal	apathy	postration
Lymphadenomegaly	absent	localized	generalized
Epistaxis	absent	moderate	severe
Keratoseborreic cutaneous lesions	absent	moderate	generalized
Ulcerative lesions	absent	simple	multiple
Onicogriphosis	absent	moderate	severe
Ocular lesions	absent	moderate	severe
Digestive disorders	absent	mild	severe
Arthropathy	absent	simple	multiple
Amyotrophy	absent	moderate	severe
CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS	0	1	2
Plasma proteins	normal	elevated	reduced
A/G ratio	normal	reduced	-
Urea	normal	reduced	-
Creatinine	normal	elevated	-
ALT	normal	elevated	-
Complete blood count	0 = normal 1 = abnormal

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