Tabla Enfermedades y Agentes Causales
Tabla Enfermedades y Agentes Causales
Tabla Enfermedades y Agentes Causales
Disease
Agent
Type of
Microorganism
Vector
Canid or Felid
Reservoir
Borrelia burgdorferi
Bacteria
Unknown
Monocytic ehrlichiosis2
Ehrlichia canis
Intracellular
bacteria
Unknown
Anaplasma
phagocytophilum
(formerly Ehrlichia
phagocytophila and
Ehrlichia equi)
Intracellular
bacteria
Unknown
Rickettsia rickettsii
Intracellular
bacteria
Domestic canids
Canine bartonellosisd,e
Bartonella vinsonii
subsp berkhoff ii
Intracellular
bacteria
Wild canids
(coyotes)
Feline bartonellosisd,f
Bartonella henselae
Intracellular
bacteria
Canine babesiosise,g,h
Babesia gibsoni
Protozoa
Unknown
Canine hepatozoonosisi
Hepatozoon
americanum
Protozoa
Unknown
Feline cytauxzoonosise
Cytauxzoon felis
Protozoa
Wild felids
(bobcats)
Feline hemotropic
mycoplasmosis3
Mycoplasma
haemofelis (formerly
Haemobartonella felis)
Mycoplasma
Unknown
Canine visceral
leishmaniasis j
Leishmania infantum
Protozoa
Domestic canids
aLittman
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phagocytophilum in a dog. J Small Anim Pract 46(11):543548, 2005.
c Kidd L, Hegarty B, Sexton D, Breitschwerdt E: Molecular characterization of Rickettsia rickettsii infecting dogs and people in North
Carolina, in Hechemy KE, Oteo JA, Raoult DA, et al (eds): Century of Rickettsiology: Emerging, Reemerging Rickettsioses, Molecular
Diagnostics and Emerging Veterinary Rickettsioses. Boston, Blackwell, 2006, pp 400409.
dGuptill L: Bartonellosis. Vet Clin Small Anim Pract 33:809825, 2003.
e Birkenheuer A: Three emerging vector-borne diseases in dogs and cats in the United States. Vet Med 100(suppl 5):S2S10, 2005.
f Chomel BB, Kastern RW, Henn JB, Molia S: Bartonella infection in domestic cats and wild felids, in Hechemy KE, Oteo JA, Raoult DA,
et al (eds): Century of Rickettsiology: Emerging, Reemerging Rickettsioses, Molecular Diagnostics and Emerging Veterinary Rickettsioses.
Boston, Blackwell, 2006, pp 410415.
bBexfield
Diagnostic Tests
Commonly Used
Pharmacologic Treatment
Anemia
Cytology, PCR
g Boozer
AL, Macintire DK: Canine babesiosis. Vet Clin Small Anim Pract 33:885904, 2003.
AJ, Correa MT, Levy MG, Breitschwerdt EB: Geographic distribution of babesiosis among dogs in the United States and
association with dog bites: 150 cases (20002003). JAVMA 227(6):942947, 2005.
i Vincent-Johnson NA: American canine hepatozoonosis. Vet Clin Small Anim Pract 33:905920, 2003.
j Rosypal AC, Zajac AM, Lindsay DS: Canine visceral leishmaniasis and its emergence in the United States. Vet Clin Small Anim
Pract 33:921937, 200.
PCR = polymerase chain reaction
*NOTE: Cats should not be given doxycycline in tablet form because it has been associated with esophageal ulceration and stricture.
Use liquid or compound into capsule form.
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