Abstract
The present report communicates a case of canine trypanosomosis with ophthalmic involvement, its diagnosis, hemato-biochemistry and therapeutic management in a 2 year old dog. The dog had history of bilateral corneal opacity and impaired vision since last 4 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 @ 3.5 mg/kg deep IM for two occasions 24 h apart along with parenteral fluids, hematinics, NSAID and multivitamins which yielded favourable response by third day post-therapy. Haemato-biochemical parameters took nearly 14 days of time to return to near normal levels. Improvement with respect to corneal opacity took 6 weeks of time and the animal was followed up to 3 months without any recurrence.
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06 April 2018
The authors have retracted this article because it has been previously published. This article is therefore redundant. All the authors agree to this retraction.
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The authors have retracted this article [1] because it has been previously published [2]. This article is therefore redundant. All the authors agree to this retraction.
1. Behera SK, Sarma K, Behera P, Ali MA (2017) Therapeutic management of trypanosomosis with ophthalmic involvement in a dog. J Parasit Dis 41(4):1162–1165
2. Behera SK, Ali MA, Behera P (2017) Therapeutic management of trypanosomosis with ophthalmic involvement in a dog. Intas Polivet 18(1):180–182
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Behera, S.K., Sarma, K., Behera, P. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Therapeutic management of trypanosomosis with ophthalmic involvement in a dog. J Parasit Dis 41, 1162–1165 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-017-0953-z
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