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| + | ==Description== |
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| **Dogs and cats | | **Dogs and cats |
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| *method of action | | *method of action |
| **cause anaemia via intravascular haemolysis | | **cause anaemia via intravascular haemolysis |
− | =====Clinical===== | + | |
| + | ==Signalment== |
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| + | ==Diagnosis== |
| + | ===Clinical Signs=== |
| *fever | | *fever |
| *dehydration | | *dehydration |
| *haemorrhaging from the mucous membranes of the body | | *haemorrhaging from the mucous membranes of the body |
− | =====Diagnosis===== | + | |
| + | ===Laboratory Tests=== |
| *dark field microscopy on fresh urine is best | | *dark field microscopy on fresh urine is best |
− | =====Gross===== | + | ===Pathology=== |
| + | Grossly- |
| *widespread hameorrhages | | *widespread hameorrhages |
| *icterus | | *icterus |
| *pale foci in the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] (not always a constant finding) | | *pale foci in the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] (not always a constant finding) |
| *subcapsular and cortical renal haemorrhages | | *subcapsular and cortical renal haemorrhages |
− | =====Microscopically=====
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| + | Microscopically- |
| *foci of necrosis | | *foci of necrosis |
| *dissociation of hepatocytes form each other (similar to post mortem change) | | *dissociation of hepatocytes form each other (similar to post mortem change) |
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| *need to use a silver stain or immunofluorescence to demonstrate the organisms in tissues | | *need to use a silver stain or immunofluorescence to demonstrate the organisms in tissues |
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| + | ==Treatment== |
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| + | ==Prognosis== |
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| + | ==References== |
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| [[Category:Cat]][[Category:Dog]] | | [[Category:Cat]][[Category:Dog]] |
| [[Category:Hepatitis,_Bacterial]] | | [[Category:Hepatitis,_Bacterial]] |
| [[Category:To_Do_-_lizzyk]] | | [[Category:To_Do_-_lizzyk]] |