1. [Equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis (EGE), a review].
- Author
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van der Kolk JH, van der Wijden MW, and Jongejan F
- Subjects
- Animals, Ehrlichiosis microbiology, Ehrlichiosis pathology, Granulocytes pathology, Hematologic Diseases etiology, Hematologic Diseases veterinary, Horses, Inclusion Bodies, Oxytetracycline therapeutic use, Ehrlichia isolation & purification, Ehrlichiosis veterinary, Horse Diseases microbiology
- Abstract
Equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis (EGE) has been observed in the U.S.A., Brazil, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and possibly in Great Britain. The causative agent is rickettsia Ehrlichia equi, identified for the first time in 1969. The clinical features of the disease are anorexia, fever, depression, (limb) oedema, icterus, ataxia, petechiae and orchitis. Hematologic changes are leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia and cytoplasmic inclusion bodies in the neutrophils and eosinophils. Vasculitis may be observed at autopsy. Following a positive hematological diagnosis (Giemsa stained blood smear) of EGE, treatment with oxytetracycline can be initiated.
- Published
- 1993