Volume: 49 Issue: 1
Year: 2018, Page: 9-13, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2018.49.1.9-13
Received: March 23, 2017 Accepted: June 1, 2017 Published: Jan. 1, 2018
The present study was carried out in eleven animals that was diagnosed with leptospirosis. Observation of jaundice, myalgia, bloody diarrhea, haematuria and signs of renal failure formed the criteria for inclusion in the study. Clinico-pathological and ultrasonographic evaluation was carried out to study the changes in blood and internal organs. Confirmation of leptospirosis was done by dark field microscopy (DFM) and microscopic agglutination test (MAT). The findings were compared with control animals.
Keywords: Jaundice, Leptospirosis, Dark Field Microscopy, Microscopic Agglutination Test.
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