Volume 71 (2021) Issue: 2021 No#1

First confirmed clinical case of Anaplasma platys in a dog in Serbia

Author(s): Ilić Božović Anja, Radaković Milena, Spariosu Kristina, Tyrrell Phyllis, Chandrashekar Ramaswamy, Mišić Dušan, Kovačević Filipović Milica

Keywords:Anaplasma platys, dog, Serbia, PCR, serology

In September 2018, a four-month-old dog with fever and petechial bleeding came to the internal clinic at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Belgrade. On hematology analysis, thrombocytopenia and mild anemia were observed. Examination of the blood smear revealed platelet inclusions. The commercial serology test was positive for Anaplasma spp. The dog was treated with doxycycline for 14 days, and after 48 hours from the beginning of the treatment, the symptoms subsided. PCR analysis and sequencing confirmed infection with A. platys.