Análise comparativa do grau de parasitismo da medula óssea e linfonodos em cães com leishmaniose visceral canina

Abstract

Canine visceral leishmaniasis is a chronic disease widely distributed in Brazil caused by Leishmania infantum chagasi. The aimed of this study was to compare the degree of parasitism at different points of collection of bone marrow and lymph nodes of 10 animals from the Veterinary Hospital “Francisco Edilberto Uchôa Lopes”of Universidade Estadual do Maranhão – UEMA in São Luís – MA that were positive for canine visceral leishmaniasis in the rapid test Alere Leishmaniose Ac Teste Kit. For malypis bone marrow (sternum, rib, tibia, iliac crest) and of the popliteal and cervical lymph nodes for the parasitological we collecteo for parasitological. All animals were symptomatic. Among the clinical signs, lymphadenopathy was the most observed. It was verified that 70% were positive in parasitological examination. Regarding the bone marrow regron collected was observed that tibia was that presented more frequency and parasite load. Among, the lymph nodes poplite presented more parasites.