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| Rocha,Vivianne Cambuí Figueiredo; Figueiredo,Salomão Cambuí de; Rosales,Cesar Alejandro Rodriguez; Porto,Camila Dias; Sequeira,Julio Lopes; Ferreira Neto,José Soares; Paes,Antônio Carlos; Salgado,Vanessa Riesz. |
| Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic disease caused by bacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MtbC). This disease rarely affects dogs. Canine infections are usually caused by M. tuberculosis. Mycobacterium bovis infections are rare in dogs and associated with consumption of raw milk or contaminated products. Here, we report a Boxer dog who had a M. bovis infection and was admitted to a Brazilian veterinary hospital with a presumptive diagnosis of chronic ehrlichiosis. Despite receiving treatment for chronic ehrlichiosis, it progressed to death. TB was diagnosed during post-mortem examinations using histopathological analysis. Ziehl-Neelsen staining revealed acid-fast bacilli in the kidneys, liver, mesentery, and a mass adhered to... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tuberculosis; Dog; Mycobacterium bovis. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822017000100109 |
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