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Rangeliosis is a disease of dogs and other species,Da Silva AS ''et al'' (2013) Canine rangeliosis: the need for differential diagnosis. Parasitol Res 112(3):1329-1332 caused by the hemoprotozoan
parasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
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Rangelia vitalii
''Rangelia'' is a genus of parasitic alveolates of the phylum Apicomplexia.
History
This organism was first described in Brazil in 1910. This discovery was not confirmed until 2011 when experimental transmission of the organism showed its patho ...
anemia
Anemia or anaemia (British English) is a blood disorder in which the blood has a reduced ability to carry oxygen due to a lower than normal number of red blood cells, or a reduction in the amount of hemoglobin. When anemia comes on slowly, th ...
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thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia is a condition characterized by abnormally low levels of platelets, also known as thrombocytes, in the blood. It is the most common coagulation disorder among intensive care patients and is seen in a fifth of medical patients an ...
.Paim FC ''et al'' (2013) Serum proteinogram, acute phase proteins and immunoglobulins in dogs experimentally infected with ''Rangelia vitalii''. Vet Parasitol 192(1-3):137-142
Many dogs may succumb to infection without veterinary intervention.
Treatment
Treatment is usually effective with antiprotozoal drugs.