The effectiveness of the integrated approach in the diagnosis of dog leishmaniasis in a veterinary clinic

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is a disease endemic to some southern regions of Russia and absent in the Volga region. However, due to the relative freedom of movement of animals and their owners, this pathology can appear in any part of the country, since it is unrealistic to control it because of the impossibility of testing each animal if it has no clinical signs. However, veterinary specialists should at least trace the path of the introduction of such pathology in a non-endemic region and try to predict its further spread. And also try to interrupt the propagation vector. Initially, such activities should be carried out in any veterinary clinic with the subsequent involvement of laboratories and conducting official expertise. Every suspicious clinical case of a disease that is not endemic for any region or geographical area requires careful study and analysis. After conducting such an analysis, veterinary specialists in the clinics can conduct primary studies of such an animal that will have a sufficient degree of accuracy and can make a presumptive diagnosis. For example, it is possible to carry out microscopy of the specimens obtained from such a patient and to detect in smears-prints - amastigotes, which are quite well distinguished under a conventional light microscope when stained according to Romanovsky-Giemsa and viewed *900. Based on the results of such studies, a primary diagnosis is made, followed by laboratory confirmation.