Azuma Y, Isogai E, Isogai H, Kawamura K
Monami Animal Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Vet Rec. 1994 Apr 9;134(15):369-72. doi: 10.1136/vr.134.15.369.
Of 21 dogs from Sapporo, Hokkaido that had been recognised as having been bitten by ticks, 16 were seropositive to Borrelia burgdorferi by ELISA. Thirteen of the seropositive dogs showed signs such as fever, astasia, convulsions, anorexia, fatigue, abnormal gait, nervous signs, diarrhoea, corneal opacity and conjunctivitis. These signs subsided as a result of antibiotic treatment within five days. The plasma concentrations of creatinine in the 21 dogs were higher than in control dogs. Seven ticks that were removed from seven of the dogs were Ixodes persulcatus, and B burgdorferi was isolated from the midgut of two of the ticks.
在来自北海道札幌的21只被认为被蜱虫叮咬过的狗中，16只通过酶联免疫吸附测定法对伯氏疏螺旋体血清呈阳性。13只血清呈阳性的狗出现了发热、站立不稳、抽搐、厌食、疲劳、步态异常、神经症状、腹泻、角膜混浊和结膜炎等症状。这些症状在五天内通过抗生素治疗而消退。这21只狗的血浆肌酐浓度高于对照狗。从7只狗身上取下的7只蜱虫为全沟硬蜱，并且从其中2只蜱虫的中肠中分离出了伯氏疏螺旋体。
