Canine ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis are important tick-borne diseases with a worldwide
distribution. Information has been continuously collected on these infections in Europe, and …

The Infectious Disease Study Group of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
(ACVIM) held a Special Interest Group meeting at the 18th Annual ACVIM Forum in Seattle …

Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME), caused by Ehrlichia canis, a gram-negative, obligate
intracellular bacterium, is a tick-borne disease of worldwide distribution. Experimentally, the …

The purpose of this study was the comparison of the diagnostic sensitivity between buffy
coat (BC), peripheral blood (PB), lymph node (LN), bone marrow (BM) and short-term culture …

Ehrlichieae are gram-negative pleomorphic cocci capable of causing disease in people and
in several species of domestic and wild animals. They have more in common with their close …

Rickettsial agents, including those in the genera Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Neorickettsia, and
Rickettsia, are important and common vector‐borne pathogens of dogs and cats. Disease …

Currently, the pathogenic role of Ehrlichia canis in cats has been proposed predominantly
on the basis of the serologic evidence of natural infection and the infrequent detection of …

Ehrlichiosis is the multiorgan infectious disease caused by small, intracellular rickettsias
from the genus Ehrlichia. These microorganisms are known as an etiologic factor of …

Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME), caused by Ehrlichia canis, is a vector-borne disease
with a worldwide distribution. It has been proposed that the pathogenesis, clinical severity …

The recommended treatment for canine ehrlichiosis is tetracycline or its analog doxycycline,
although recent reports have documented ineffective clearing of Erchlichia canis after …