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Author: FAZ, Mirna; MARTÍNEZ, José Simón; QUIJANO-HERNÁNDEZ, Israel; FAJARDO, Raúl
Title: Reliability of clinical diagnosis and laboratory testing techniques currently used for identification of canine parvovirus enteritis in clinical settings
  • Document date: 2016_11_6
  • ID: z3in6bi2_19
    Snippet: On the other hand, many veterinarians consider the presence of leukopenia, a supporting factor for CPV-2 diagnosis. However, we observed that only 48.8% (22/45) of the studied dogs presented leukopenia during evaluation, which is consistent with other reports that indicated around 50% of dogs don't display hematologic alterations at the time of evaluation [18] . Therefore, a CBC is a valuable tool that can provide information about the disease se.....
    Document: On the other hand, many veterinarians consider the presence of leukopenia, a supporting factor for CPV-2 diagnosis. However, we observed that only 48.8% (22/45) of the studied dogs presented leukopenia during evaluation, which is consistent with other reports that indicated around 50% of dogs don't display hematologic alterations at the time of evaluation [18] . Therefore, a CBC is a valuable tool that can provide information about the disease severity, suggesting a prognosis and determining the response to treatment. However, leukopenia should not be considered as a diagnostic tool for CPV-2, because it does not provide an evidence for virus presence.

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