Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Leptospirosis in a Dog Panigrahi Padma Nibash*, Behera Sujit Kumar1, Dey Sahadeb Division of Medicine, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar-243122, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh 1Division of Veterinary Public Health, Division of Medicine, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar-243122, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh *Corresponding author. E-mail: pnpvetmed@gmail.com
Online published on 2 April, 2016. Abstract A Labrador retriever dog was present with history of inappetance, pyrexia since 5 days and mild vomitions. Physical examination revealed dullness, depression with icterus mucus membrane and yellowish discolouration of pectoral and inguinal skin. The complete blood count revealed leucocytosis and neutrophilia along with increased activity of serum biochemistry depicting impaired liver and kidney function test as well as total bilirubin. The initial titre in Microscopic agglutination test (MAT) was 1: 400, Leptospira interrogans Icterohaemorrhagiae and L. Interrogans serovar Grippotyphosa were confirmed by MAT. The dog was effectively treated with Doxycycline, Ceftriaxone and supportive therapy. Top Keywords Dog, doxycycline, leptospira, microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Top |