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Table 1 Breed, sex, age (in years), description of clinical signs, laboratory abnormalities and diagnostic test results for 7 dogs co-infected by two or more canine vector-borne diseases causing pathogens

From: Are vector-borne pathogen co-infections complicating the clinical presentation in dogs?

Dog no./breed

Sex

Age

Clinical signs

Laboratory abnormalities

Cytology

PCR

Blood

Buffy coat

Lymph node

Bone marrow

Blood

Bone marrow

1/Fila Brasileiro

F

5.5

Weight loss, anorexia, exercise intolerance, pale mucous membranes, lymph node enlargement, furfuraceous dermatitis

Anaemia, polyclonal gammopathy, low PLT

Diro

–

Leish

Leish, Diro

Ehrl, Diro

Ehrl, Leish

2/Fila Brasileiro

M

6

Asymptomatic

Polyclonal gammopathy

Diro

–

–

Diro

Ehrl, Diro

Ehrl

3/Mongrel

F

5

Tongue ulcers, lymph node enlargement

Polyclonal gammopathy

–

–

Leish

Leish

Ehrl

Ehrl, Leish

4/English setter

M

9

Ulcerative granulomatous dermatitis of prepuce

Anaemia, polyclonal gammopathy, low PLT

nd

nd

Leish

Leish

Ehrl

Ehrl, Leish

5/Siberian Husky

M

8

Coughing, anorexia, depression, hyperthermia, pale mucous membranes, lymph node enlargement

Anaemia, polyclonal gammopathy, low PLT

–

–

Leish

Leish

Ehrl

Ehrl, Leish

6/Doberman

F

4

Depression, weight loss, lymph node enlargement, multiple mammary nodules

Anaemia, hyperproteinemia, polyclonal gammopathy, low PLT

–

–

Leish

Leish

Ehrl

Ehrl, Leish

7/Schnauzer

F

5.5

Lameness, anorexia, lymph node enlargement, epistaxis

Anaemia, polyclonal gammopathy

–

–

Leish

Leish

Ehrl

Leish

  1. Abbreviations: F female; M male; PLT platelets; nd not done; Diro Dirofilaria immitis; Leish Leishmania infantum; Ehrl Ehrlichia canis.