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Treatment of Canine Piroplasmosis 
Test Dog III. Fox-terrier, about h year old. Inoculated with blood taken from the 
ear-vein of Trypanblue-treated Dog 4 on the 182nd day after the latter was inoculated. 
Date Day Temp. °F. 
1 
— 
2 
— 
3 
101-4 
4 
101-8 
5 
103-0 
6 
102-8 
7 
102-4 
8 
104-2 
9 
103-4 
10 
102-8 
11 
103-4 
12 
104-0 
13 
98-4 
Inoculated with 10 c.e. of blood from ear-vein of Dog 4. 
No parasites found. 
Parasites appeared: few found. 
,, •‘l °/ 0 r.b.c. infected. 
,, 2-4 °/ 0 „ „ Blood thin. 
,, 18-0 °/ 0 „ „ Dog very weak, has haemo- 
globinuria. Died 8.45 p.m. of piroplasmosis. Many parasites 
found in smears from heart and spleen; few parasites in smears 
from liver and kidney. 
Test Dog IV. Large mongrel, old. Inoculated with blood taken from the ear-vein of 
Trypanblue-treated Dog 6 on the 165th day after the latter was inoculated. 
Date 
25.ix. 09. 
Day Temp.°F. 
15. x. 09. 
1 
— 
Inoculated with 10 c.c. of blood from ear-vein of Dog 6. 
2 
— 
3 
102-4 
4 
102-2 
5 
105-6 
No parasites found. 
6 
104-0 
,, ,, 
7 
103-4 
5 5 5 5 
8 
104-6 
5 5 5 5 
9 
104-2 
55 55 
10 
104-0 
55 55 
11 
104-2 
5 5 55 
12 
104-4 
Parasites appeared : few at film-edge, 
1 (PP), 2 (O). 
13 
104-8 
,, few at film-edge: 5 (PP), 
°/» 
7 ° 
2 (O). 
r.b.c. (P) 
(O) 
tpp) 
14 
105-6 
•4 
+ 
+ 
15 
105-6 
•5 1 
56 
39 
16 
105-4 
•3 2 
48 
47 
17 
104-8 
Few parasites at film-edge 
+ 
+ 
+ 
18 
104-4 
•2 
+ 
+ 
19 
104-4 
+ 
+ 
+ 
20 
104-6 
Haemoglobinuria 
•7* 
+ 
+ 
21 
— 
Dog found dead of piroplasmosis. 
(D) (P 4 ) 
1 3 
3 • 
Count based on a poor blood-film; the percentage probably too low. 
