The fact that the tick may contain both babesiosis and ehrlichia infectious agents simultaneously leads to combination of these diseases in the infected animal. Therefore, each tick-borne disease should be viewed as a mixed type of infection. Biochemical and morphological changes in blood characteristics of animals with mixed-type infections have been compared and analyzed. Dogs infected with babesiosis and ehrlichiosis have shown worse cases erythrocytopenia, hemoglobinemia, monocytosis compared to animals diagnosed with babesiosis only. Biochemical tests have shown increased activity of aspartato-aminotransferase, alaninaminotransferase, alkaline phosphatatse and L-amylase in blood serum of both groups of animals. Final diagnosis, however, is only possible through special diagnostics techniques
infectious diseases, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, morphological criteria, biochemical criteria
Retrieved from No. 2(56), 2016
Pages 225-230