Leishmaniasis in equines: Review

Authors

  • Clairton Marcolongo-Pereira Centro Universitário do Espírito Santo - UNESC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v14n8a631.1-5

Keywords:

leishmaniasis, horses, anthropozoonosis

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is an anthropozoonosis caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania, transmitted predominantly by the bite of sand flies of the genus Lutzomya. It is a disease of high relevance in public health. The objective of this paper was to review leishmaniasis in horses. In these animals, the disease causes papulonodular and/or ulcerated lesions and rarely lymphadenopathy. The diagnosis is made mainly by the histopathological examination of the skin lesions and by serological methods. Leishmaniasis should be included in the differential diagnosis of cutaneous diseases in horses that are not responsive to antibiotics and antifungals. Equine leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease and its importance in the human leishmaniasis transmission cycle is still unclear.

Published

2020-08-31

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária