Microscopy of blood smears in babesiosis (piroplasmosis): paired pear-shaped Babesia inclusions in erythrocytes, thrombocytopenia, and cytolysis in blood tests.
Babesia in dog blood. Microscopic examination of Romanowsky-Giemsa stained dog blood smears revealed intraerythrocytic pear-shaped parasites characteristic of Babesia or Piroplasma, which cause the disease piroplasmosis. In dogs, the pathogen enters the body through the bite of an infected tick.
CBC: WBC 5.1×10⁹/L HGB 109 g/L PLT 15×10⁹/L ESR 19 mm/h
Biochemistry: ALT 25.6 U/L AST 91.2 U/L LDH 559.2 U/L
🙏 The publication was kindly provided by Alla Voronina, Tambov
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