Hepatozoonosis of Dogs and Cats

Gad Baneth; Kelly Allen

doi:10.1016/j.cvsm.2022.06.011

Hepatozoonosis of Dogs and Cats

Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2022 Nov;52(6):1341-1358. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2022.06.011.

Authors

Gad Baneth¹, Kelly Allen²

Affiliations

¹ The Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. Electronic address: gad.baneth@mail.huji.ac.il.
² Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Oklahoma State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, 250 McElroy Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.

PMID: 36336424
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2022.06.011

Abstract

Hepatozoon canis and Hepatozoon americanum are tick-borne infections of dogs transmitted by different tick species, with dissimilar geographic distributions, target organs, and clinical syndromes. H canis is transmitted mostly by the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato, affects hemolymphoid organs, is associated with anemia and other hematologic abnormalities, and is widely prevalent globally, whereas H americanum is transmitted by the Gulf Coast tick Amblyomma maculatum, causes severe myositis, and is an emerging parasite in the southern United States. Treatment of these 2 infections decreases the parasitic load without elimination. Domestic cats are infected with 3 Hepatozoon species.

Keywords: American canine hepatozoonosis; Hepatozoon americanum; Hepatozoon canis; Hepatozoon felis; Hepatozoon silvestris.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Cat Diseases* / diagnosis
Cats
Coccidiosis* / diagnosis
Coccidiosis* / drug therapy
Coccidiosis* / veterinary
Dog Diseases* / diagnosis
Dog Diseases* / drug therapy
Dogs
Eucoccidiida*
Rhipicephalus sanguineus* / parasitology
United States