Electrocardiographic evaluation on dogs with monocytic Ehrlichiosis

• Grant number: 14/12744-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2014
• End date: September 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Carlos Paes
• Grantee: Gabriel Bento Ferreira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The contagious diseases are the most prevalent in Brazil's sample of domestic canines, being the monocytic ehrlichiosis, caused by Ehrlichia canis bacteria, one of the most severe. Among the symptoms of the disease, the most decrypted by researches are apathy, anorexy, epistaxis and hemorrhage, anemia, and thrombocytopenia, recent researches although, indicates relation of the disease with diverse symptoms related with cardiac injury. The purpose of the present article is to carry out an evaluation of dogs proven infected by E. canis through the electrocardiogram before and after the standard treatment with doxycycline (10 mg/kg), aiming to identify typical variations for the disease. (AU)