EVALUATION OF PRIMARY HEMOSTASIS IN CANINE LEISHMANIASIS

Primary haemostasis was evaluated by measurements of bleeding time and platelet count in 26 dogs with leishmaniasis and 10 normal dogs, Blee ding time was significantly (P=0.02) longer in the infected dogs than in the control group, and in infected dogs with creatinine concentrati ons >1.5 mg/dl than in infected dogs with normal creatinine levels, Th ere was a significant linear regression between the concentration of c reatinine and bleeding time (P=0.02) although the coefficient of deter mination was low (r(2)=0.194). There were no significant differences i n platelet counts between the normal and diseased dogs, and there were no significant differences between male and female dogs in either gro up.