%0 Journal Article %T Perfil cl¨ªnico-laboratorial da erliquiose monoc¨ªtica canina em c es de Salvador e regi o metropolitana, Bahia Clinical and laboratorial profile of canine anine monocytic onocytic ehrlichiosis hrlichiosis of dogs from Salvador and metropolitan region of Bahia State State, Brazil %A Iris Daniela Santos de Meneses %A B¨¢rbara Maria Paran¨¢ da Silva Souza %A Carla Maria Moreira Teixeira %A Jos¨¦ Eug¨ºnio Guimar£¿es %J Revista Brasileira de Sa¨²de e Produ£¿£¿o Animal %D 2008 %I Universidade Federal da Bahia %X Este trabalho foi realizado com o objetivo de tra ar o perfil cl¨ªnico e laboratorial para o diagn¨®stico da erliquiose canina. Utilizaram-se 75 c es, de ambos os sexos, diferentes idades e ra as, da cidade de Salvador e regi o metropolitana, Bahia, inclu¨ªdos na pesquisa a partir da suspeita cl¨ªnica e por apresentar infesta o de carrapatos ou hist¨®rico de exposi o pr¨¦via ao vetor. Anticorpos anti-Ehrlichia canis foram encontrados em 98,66% (74/75) dos animais. A PCR foi positiva em 33,3% (25/75) dos c es, enquanto a presen a de m¨®rulas foi positiva em 5,33% (4/75) dos suspeitos. Nos animais com PCR (Rea o da Polimerase em Cadeia) positivo, febre, desidrata o, mucosas hipocoradas e pet¨¦quias em membranas mucosas ou na pele e anemia, leucopenia, neutropenia, eosinopenia, linfopenia e trombocitopenia foram os sinais cl¨ªnicos e laboratoriais estatisticamente significantes (p<0,05) mais freq¨¹entemente encontrados. Canine Ehrlichiosis despite its high morbidy is an illness of great importance in the medical clinic of small animals. The great difficulty for the definitive diagnosis of this disease consists of the little use of more sensible and specific tests considering the clinical signals and more frequent hematological results as exclusive of the illness. This research aimed to provide the clinical-laboratorial profile in the diagnosis of canine ehrlichiosis of 75 dogs, of both sexes, at different ages and races, from Salvador and metropolitan region, Bahia state. The evaluated animals were dogs with clinical suspicion of Ehrlichiosis and tick infestation or description of previous exposition to that vector. Antibodies anti- E. canis were found in 98.66% (74/75) of the animals. The PCR was positive in 33.3% (25/75) of the dogs, while the presence of inclusions (morulae) was observed in 5.33% (4/75) of the suspected animals. Fever, dehydration, pale mucous membranes, petechiae of skin and mucous membranes; and anemia, leucopoenia, neutropenia, eosinopenia, lymphopenia, and thrombocytopenia were the most significant (p<0.05) clinical and laboratory indicators found in animals with positive PCR. %U http://revistas.ufba.br/index.php/rbspa/article/view/968