R. J. Slappendel

Prize‐winning paper Jubilee Competition: Canine leishmaniasis

Summary The clinically relevant aspects of canine leishmaniasis are reviewed. Included are data from 92 dogs imported from the Mediterranean basin and at least 2 autochthonous cases. New aspects on pathogenesis are presented, including evidence that canine leishmaniasis is an immune complex disease. Therapy with meglumine antimonate (Glucantime®) is evaluated. The hazards of imported canine leishmaniasis for public health are discussedThe clinically relevant aspects of canine leishmaniasis are reviewed. Included are data from 92 dogs imported from the Mediterranean basin and at least 2 autochthonous cases. New aspects on pathogenesis are presented, including evidence that canine leishmaniasis is an immune complex disease. Therapy with meglumine antimonate (Glucantime) is evaluated. The hazards of imported canine leishmaniasis for public health are discussed.

The effect of intravenous or subcutaneous administration of meglumine antimonate (Glucantime) in dogs with leishmaniasis. A randomized clinical trial.

The efficacy of i.v. versus s.c. administration of Glucantime (100 mg/kg of body weight/day) was studied in 41 dogs with leishmaniasis without serious renal insufficiency. Remission was obtained in 35 dogs (85.4%) after 3 to 6 weeks of treatment but there was a relapse within 1 year in 26 dogs (74.3%). The median period of remission was 6 months. Cross-over therapy resulted in remission in 17 of 20 dogs. The percentage of remission after initial and cross-over therapy, the median relapse free period, and survival did not differ significantly between the two groups. There were very few complications and most were of minor clinical importance. Thrombophlebitis developed in one dog after i.v. injection. In dogs with leishmaniasis without serious renal insufficiency, there is a 75% probability of survival for more than 4 years following treatment with Glucantime for 3 to 6 weeks, with additional treatment when relapses occur.

Familial stomatocytosis--hypertrophic gastritis (FSHG), a newly recognised disease in the dog (Drentse patrijshond).

A newly recognised disease, which we have given the provisional name of familial stomatocytosis-hypertrophic gastritis (FSHG), is described in two families of dogs of the Drentse partrijshond breed. The affected dogs consisted of 3 females and 5 males, 3 to 19 (mean 9.5) months of age at admission. The main clinical problems were diarrhoea, icterus, and ataxia and paresis of the pelvic limbs. Laboratory evaluation revealed abnormal red cell shape (stomatocytosis), increased osmotic fragility, haemolytic anaemia, and increased liver enzymes and serum bilirubin. Gastroscopic and histopathologic examination of the gastric mucosa revealed hypertrophic gastritis resembling Ménétriers disease in man. Histologic findings in the liver were suggestive of progressive liver disease. Cysts were found in the kidneys of the five oldest patients. Electroneurography in 2 dogs revealed polyneuropathy. In the parents of 2 patients (sister and brother), there were no clinical or laboratory abnormalities. An autosomal recessive hereditary defect of lipid metabolism is suspected.

Type III von Willebrand's disease in Dutch kooiker dogs

Type III von Willebrands disease (vWD) was diagnosed in 38 Dutch kooiker dogs. Ten male and 9 female probands had been referred independently of each other to the Utrecht University Clinic for Companion Animals because of a moderate to severe bleeding tendency. Screening of 717 Dutch kooiker dogs, including 356 puppies, detected vWD in another 19 dogs. Diagnosis was based on non-detectable amounts (< 1.6%) of von Willebrand factor antigen (vWF:Ag) in plasma by ELISA. Capillary bleeding time (CBT) was prolonged (> 10 min) and polybrene cofactor activity (vWF:PbCo) was not detectable in 11 dogs tested. No distinguishable protein bands were detected by multimer analysis. As in Scottish terriers with type III vWD, factor VIII clotting activity (FVIII:C) in affected Dutch kooiker dogs was decreased but considerably less than in humans with type III vWD. A recessive mode of inheritance was indicated by the normal or subnormal but measurable amounts of vWF:Ag in the plasma of eight pairs of parents of affected dogs. The F1 offspring resulting from the experimental mating of two affected dogs consisted of three affected males and four affected females. In 39 obligatory carriers vWF:Ag ranged from 30% to 114% with median and mean vWF values of 64% and 64.2%, respectively, and was subnormal (< 50%) in only 9 animals.

Trypanosomiasis in a dog imported in The Netherlands.

A case-report is presented of a Trypanosoma evansi infection in a dog imported from Nepal. The clinical symptoms included fever, anorexia, and weight loss. Diagnosis was made through morphologic study of blood smears from the patient.

Canine von Willebrand's disease type 2 in German wirehair pointers in the Netherlands

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Polycythaemia vera in a dog treated by repeated phlebotomies

Polycythaemia vera (PV) was diagnosed in a dog by demonstration of an increased red cell mass in association with normal arterial oxygen saturation and the absence of conditions known to be associated with secondary polycythaemia. The dog was treated exclusively by repeated phlebotomies and replacement of the removed volume by colloid and crystalloid solutions. It survived for one year and was generally free of signs.

Transient juvenile hypoglycaemia in a Yorkshire terrier and in a Chihuahua

Two cases of transient juvenile hypoglycaemia in the dog are reported. The symptoms, diagnosis and treatment are described and pathogenesis and differential diagnosis discussed.

Bleeding tendency as a cause of epistaxis in the dog.

Based upon a survey of the pathophysiology of haemostasis, the causes of epistaxis in the dog are discussed, and guidelines for a diagnostic and therapeutic approach are given.Summary Based upon a survey of the pathophysiology of haemostasis, the causes of epistaxis in the dog are discussed, and guidelines for a diagnostic and therapeutic approach are given.