ABSTRACT
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus is an emerging zoonotic virus in East Asia. However, SFTS virus (SFTSV) has not been reported to cause clinical infection in companion dogs to date. We report the case of a 4-year-old companion dog that presented with fever, vomiting, leukocytopenia and thrombocytopenia at a veterinary hospital in the Republic of Korea. It was diagnosed with SFTS, which was confirmed using real-time reverse transcription PCR, sequencing and an indirect immunofluorescence assay, and recovered after supportive care. Further studies are required to investigate SFTSV infection in companion animals, living in close contact with humans, as well as animal-to-human transmission.
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Dog Diseases/diagnosis , Phlebovirus/isolation & purification , Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome/veterinary , Animals , Dog Diseases/virology , Dogs , Fever/veterinary , Fever/virology , Leukopenia/veterinary , Leukopenia/virology , Male , Republic of Korea , Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome/diagnosis , Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome/virology , Thrombocytopenia/veterinary , Thrombocytopenia/virology , Treatment Outcome , Vomiting/veterinary , Vomiting/virologyABSTRACT
An 8 wk old female Dalmatian weighing .56 kg presented with growth retardation. The puppy exhibited no abnormalities during physical examination other than significantly reduced growth compared with her littermates. Endocrine results suggested pituitary dwarfism. Two wk later, the puppy returned due to the onset of megaesophagus, but the puppy unfortunately died the following morning. This case report describes the diagnosis of dwarfism in a Dalmatian puppy that was caused by growth hormone (GH) deficiency and describes its early clinical manifestations.
