Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế về bệnh thú y đề tài: A suspected case of Lyme borreliosis in a hunting dog in Korea | J. Vet. Sci. 2009 10 1 89-91 DOI Case Report JOURNAL OF Veterinary Science A suspected case of Lyme borreliosis in a hunting dog in Korea Ul Soo Choi1 Hyun Wook Kim2 Sung Eun You2 Hee Jeong Youn3 Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology College of Veterinary Medicine Chonbuk National University Jeonju 561-756 Korea 2Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital Sungnam 463-050 Korea 3KRF Priority Zoonotic Disease Research Institute College of Veterinary Medicine Seoul National University Seoul 151-742 Korea A two-year-old male Pointer had been presented with anorexia cachexia and weight loss of 10-day duration. Upon physical examination fever lethargy superficial lymph node enlargement and tick infestation were noted. The only abnormality in CBC and serum chemistry analyses was mild hyperglobulinemia. Spleen was enlarged by radiography and the lymph nodes showed neutrophilic lymphadenitis by cytological examination. A polymerase chain reaction test for babesiosis and commercial ELISA tests for Ehrlichia canis heartworm and Lyme disease was negative except for Lyme disease which was verified by both an IFA-IgG test and a quantitative Cs assay. Doxycycline was administered for 2 weeks and the recovery was uneventful. Post-treatment Cs titer decreased to within normal limits. Keywords dog fever hyperglobulinemia Lyme disease Lyme disease is a tick-borne disease caused by Borrelia B. burgdorferi sensu lato. It affects humans and dogs worldwide and has been reported in North America Europe Asia Australia South America and Africa 3 . Vectors of B. burgdorferi sensu lato include various species of hard ticks of the Ixodes spp. In Korea B. afzelii B. garinii and B. valaisiana have been identified in ticks and several clinical cases of Lyme disease in humans have been reported 1 2 4 11 . However there are no known occurrences in dogs. We report a possible case of Lyme borreliosis in a hunting dog evaluated by a commercial C6 ELISA kit IFA and a laboratory .
