Subclinical Hemobartonella felis diagnosis in a cat
Abstract
Ektoparasit yang teridentifikasi pada satu hewan kesayangan berkorelasi pada infestasi endoparasit, salah satu contoh endoparasit yang menyerang hewan peliharaan adalah Haemobartonella felis. Kucing sebanyak 7 ekor dari pemilik yang sama dibawa ke klinik hewan. Pemilik mengeluhkan seekor kucing memiliki suhu tubuh yang selalu tinggi saat diukur. Kucing yang lain tidak memiliki keluhan dan gejala serupa, namun pemilik ingin dilakukan pemeriksaan umum pada semua kucingnya. Hasil pemeriksaan klinis tidak ditemukan infestasi ektoparasit, suhu tubuh kucing berkisar 39,8-40,0 °C dengan bobot badan 2-4 kg dan berusia antara 5-24 bulan. Pemeriksaan lanjutan yang dilakukan adalah pemeriksaan hematologi dengan metode complete blood count (CBC) mengunakan alat hematology analyzer dan blood smear inspection. Pemeriksaan ulas darah 4 dari 7 kucing menunjukkan hasil positif adanya parasit pada badan sel darah merah. Pemilik diberikan resep berupa antibiotik doxycicline dengan dosis 5 mg/Kg BB untuk diberikan kepada kucingnya 2 kali sehari selama 28 hari.
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