Detección De Ehrlichia Spp. En Caninos En El Laboratorio Clínico Veterinario Reacvet De La Ciudad De Bogotá D.C.

Abstract

This work is carried out with the purpose of presenting a deliverable within the internship as a degree modality, and to be able to indicate whether the prevalence of Ehrlichia spp. It is a significant cause of mortality in canines. As is well known, in Colombia there is a prevalence of 40.6% of E. canis and a seroprevalence of 82.4% (Trujillo, 2017). This hemoparasite can cause considerable deterioration in the animal's health, which makes it a highly pathogenic microorganism, generating alterations in different systems in the susceptible host.