A parasitological, molecular and serological survey of Hepatozoon canis infection in dogs around the Aegean coast of Turkey

Brazilian canine hepatozoonosis

“…Shkap et al (1994) described an indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT), based on detection of antibodies that were reactive with H. canis gamonts. IFAT was able to detect IgM in dogs from 16 to 39 days after infection and IgG 22 to 43 days after infection, thus confirming its applicability as a diagnostic test for seroprevalence studies (BANETH et al, 1996;BANETH et al, 1998;INOKUMA et al, 1999;KARAGENC et al, 2006). Baneth et al (2000a) developed a technique for purifying H. canis gamonts from peripheral blood neutrophils, thereby enabling assessment of antigenic characteristics by means of western blot analysis.…”

“…PCR for H. canis has been utilized in various studies, and it has been shown to be a sensitive diagnostic technique (INOKUMA et al, 2002;CRIADO-FORNELIO et al, 2003;KARAGENC et al, 2006;LI et al, 2008).…”

Retrospective study of clinical and hematological aspects associated with dogs naturally infected by Hepatozoon canis in Ludhiana, Punjab, India

“…It has been found that concurrent infections with pathogens such as Babesia canis and Ehrlichia spp. aggravate the clinical condition of dogs infected with H. canis [16] .…”

Serum Zinc, Iron and Copper Concentrations in Dogs Infected with Hepatozoon canis

“…On the Aegean coast, canine hepatozoonosis is an emerging infection with a large number of cases detected during the past recent years (Karagenc et al 2006).To the best of our knowledge, the serum concentrations of trace elements have not been reported previously in dogs infected with H. canis. To this end, in the present study, we intended to measure serum zinc, copper and iron concentrations in dogs infected with H. canis.…”