Hematological Changes in Dogs and Cats With Ectoparasitosis in Northern Trans-Urals

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10.2991/agrosmart-18.2018.138How to use a DOI?

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dogs, cats, dermatitis, hematological parameters, ectoparasites

Abstract

Skin is the most vulnerable and extensive body area in mammals. The clinical manifestation of dermatopathies may vary from minor irritation to extensive ulcers causing severe discomfort and disturbance of homeostasis. The aim of the research was to study the hematological status of dogs and cats with the most common ectoparasitosis of varying severity. The research was conducted in the period from 2015 to 2017 on the basis of the Department of Anatomy and Physiology of Northern Trans-Ural State Agricultural University and several veterinarian clinics of the city of Tyumen and the Tyumen region. For the indicated period, 19,226 domestic carnivores were studied out of which 8,602 were cats and 10,624 were dogs. It has been stated that in the case of diseases caused by ectoparasites (ticks: Sarcoptes, Notoedres, Demodex, Ixodes and Dermacentor, as well as fleas (Ctenocephalides canis) and C. felis) serious hematologic changes occur. Blood cells actively react to the painful processes occurring in the domestic carnivores; therefore, there is a quantitative change that gives important clinical and diagnostic value for determining the severity of disease and assigning of adequate treatment. The phenomena of erythrocytopenia occurred in dogs and cats under demodicosis, as well as during the ixodid tick attack. Erythrocytosis was observedduring notoedrosis in cats. The number of erythrocytes at that time has increased by 20%. In case of ectoparasitic lesions, the level of hemoglobin tended to decrease. So, ixodidoses, flea invasion and demodicosis in dogs and cats were accompanied by anemic symptoms, which in our opinion were caused by blood loss and destruction of red blood cells by biological toxins. Leukocytosis was observed in domestic carnivores affected by pruritic ticks (notoedrosis, sarcoptosis). In some cases, the amount of leukocytes increased 2.3 times. The rate of erythrocyte sedimentation at most arachnoentomoses (flea invasion of dogs and cats, dog sarcoptosis and ixodidosis) had a stable tendency to increase, which indicates the development of necrotic region, inflammatory reaction and destructive processes in sick animals.

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AU  - Yulya Tkacheva
AU  - Larisa Glazunova
PY  - 2018/12
DA  - 2018/12
TI  - Hematological Changes in Dogs and Cats With Ectoparasitosis in Northern Trans-Urals
BT  - International scientific and practical conference "AgroSMART - Smart solutions for agriculture" (AgroSMART 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 746
SN  - 2352-5401
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DO  - 10.2991/agrosmart-18.2018.138
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