Therapeutic Management of Trypanosomosis with Ophthalmic Involvement in a Dog Behera S.K.*, Ali M. Ayub1, Behera Parthasarathi2 Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University (CAU), Selesih, Aizawl-796014 (Mizoram) 1Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry 2Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry *Assistant Professor and Corresponding author. E-mail: drsuvendu.kumar@gmail.com
Online published on 20 November, 2017. Abstract The present report communicates trypanosomosis with ophthalmic involvement, its diagnosis, hemato-biochemistry and therapeutic management in a dog. The dog had history of bilateral corneal opacity and impaired vision since last four weeks. On the basis of history and clinical signs, a presumptive diagnosis of canine trypanosomosis was made followed by confirmation with Giemsa stained buffy coat smear examination. Therapeutic regimen was comprised of Diminazine aceturate for two occasions 24 hours apart along with parenteral fluids, hematinics, NSAID and multivitamins yielding favourable response by third day post-therapy. Top Keywords Corneal opacity, diminazine aceturate, phenazone, NSAID, trypanosomosis. Top |