Determinación de la presencia de anticuerpos de Ehrlichia canismediante inmunocromatografìa en perros atendidos en la Clínica Veterinaria Israel de la ciudad de Guayaquil

Canine Ehrlichiosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Ehrlichia canis family of rickettsiae and transmitted by ticks that affects dogs, causing signs and symptoms such as fever, anemia, lethargy, plateletopenia, epistaxis, hematuria, hind limb paralysis and in severe cases death. ThisresearchwasfocusedondeterminingthepresenceofantibodiesagainstEhrlichia canis in dogs treated at the Israel veterinary clinic in the city of Guayaquil, using the immunochromatography technique, a fast and effective method to detect the presence of antibodies to the disease in blood. Fifty blood samples were collected from dogs with clinical signs compatible with ehrlichiosis and exposure to hematophagous vectors (ticks). The immunochromatographic tests allowed me to identify the presence of specific antibodies with positive and negative results, to evaluate the prevalence of this disease in the canine population studied, indicating active infections and their relationship through a non-parametric type of research, correlating variables such as; age, breed, sex in homogeneous populations. The results obtained from the total of 50 samples tested were as follows: 29 cases representing 58% were positive for the presence of Ehrlichia canis, while 21 cases were negative and represent 42% of the can in the population studied

Canine Ehrlichiosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Ehrlichia canis family of rickettsiae and transmitted by ticks that affects dogs, causing signs and symptoms such as fever, anemia, lethargy, plateletopenia, epistaxis, hematuria, hind limb paralysis and in severe cases death. ThisresearchwasfocusedondeterminingthepresenceofantibodiesagainstEhrlichia canis in dogs treated at the Israel veterinary clinic in the city of Guayaquil, using the immunochromatography technique, a fast and effective method to detect the presence of antibodies to the disease in blood. Fifty blood samples were collected from dogs with clinical signs compatible with ehrlichiosis and exposure to hematophagous vectors (ticks). The immunochromatographic tests allowed me to identify the presence of specific antibodies with positive and negative results, to evaluate the prevalence of this disease in the canine population studied, indicating active infections and their relationship through a non-parametric type of research, correlating variables such as; age, breed, sex in homogeneous populations. The results obtained from the total of 50 samples tested were as follows: 29 cases representing 58% were positive for the presence of Ehrlichia canis, while 21 cases were negative and represent 42% of the can in the population studied

La Ehrlichiosis canina es una enfermedad producida por la bacteria Ehrlichia canis familia de las rickettsias y transmitida por garrapatas que afecta a los perros, ocasionando signos y síntomas tales como: fiebre, anemia, letargo, plaquetopenia, epistaxis, hematuria, parálisis de miembros posteriores y en casos severos la muerte. Esta investigación se enfocó en determinar la presencia de anticuerpos contra Ehrlichia canis en perros atendidos en la clínica veterinaria Israel de la ciudad de Guayaquil, empleando la técnica de inmunocromatografìa un método rápido y eficaz para detectar la presencia de anticuerpos de la enfermedad ensangre. Se recolectaron 50 muestras de sangre de perros con signos clínicos compatibles con ehrlichiosis y exposición a vectores hematófagos (garrapatas). Las pruebas inmunocromatográficas me permitieron identificar la presencia de anticuerpos específicos con resultados positivos y negativos, para evaluar la prevalencia de esta enfermedad en la población canina estudiada, indicando infecciones activas y su relación mediante un tipo de investigación no paramétrica, correlacionando variables como; edad, raza, sexoen poblaciones homogéneas. Los resultados obtenidos del total de 50 muestras analizadas, fueron los siguientes 29 casos que representan el (58%) resultaron positivos a la presencia de Ehrlichia canis, mientras que 21 casos fueron negativosy representan el (42%) de la población canina estudiada.