CASE REPORT: MACROSCOPIC AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN A DOG SEROLOGICALLY POSITIVE FOR Leptospira spp.

Authors

  • Dayane Olimpia Gomes Laboratório de Doenças Infecto-contagiosas, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG Brasil.
  • Gabriela Bim Ramos Laboratório de Doenças Infecto-contagiosas, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG Brasil.
  • Andreia Zago Ciuffa Laboratório de Doenças Infecto-contagiosas, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG Brasil.
  • Silvia Cassimiro Brasão Laboratório de Doenças Infecto-contagiosas, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG Brasil.
  • Anna Monteiro Correia Lima Laboratório de Doenças Infecto-contagiosas, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG Brasil.
  • Nicolle Pereira Soares Laboratório de Patologia Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, UFU,niversidade Federal de Uberlândia, MG, Brasil.
  • Matias Pablo Juan Szabó Laboratório de Patologia Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, UFU,niversidade Federal de Uberlândia, MG, Brasil.
  • Danilo Mundim Silva Laboratório de Doenças Infecto-contagiosas, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v44i2.36653

Keywords:

Leptospirosis, Canis familiaris, pyrogenes, tarassovi, zoonosis.

Abstract

Leptospirosis is a zoonosis of worldwide distribution with high incidence in tropical regions.Leptospirosis in dogs presents with large clinical polymorphism and these animals are consideredsources of infection for human leptospirosis, even without showing any clinical signs. Pathogenesisis characterized by the development of vasculitis, endothelial injury and infiltration of monocyticcells, plasma cells, histiocytes and neutrophils. The objective of this study was to report the caseof a dog serologically positive for leptospirosis. The animal died and then was submitted to theAnimal Pathology Department of the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia. At necropsy hemolytic jaundice and moderate chronic interstitial nephritis were diagnosed. Themacroscopic, histological and serological changes suggest severe hemolytic disease consistent withleptospirosis.

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Published

2015-07-08

How to Cite

GOMES, D. O.; RAMOS, G. B.; CIUFFA, A. Z.; BRASÃO, S. C.; LIMA, A. M. C.; SOARES, N. P.; SZABÓ, M. P. J.; SILVA, D. M. CASE REPORT: MACROSCOPIC AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN A DOG SEROLOGICALLY POSITIVE FOR Leptospira spp. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 44, n. 2, p. 221–228, 2015. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v44i2.36653. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/36653. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 2 (2015)

Section

CASE REPORT

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