Abstract
Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis is a systemic disease characterized by the fact that the bacterium resists and remains in mononuclear cells, triggering excessive and inefficient autoimmune responses in all organs and tissues. Myocarditis caused by this disease is secondary to mononuclear infiltrate, myocyte necrosis and apoptosis. The response of the heart to this aggression is remodeling b…