T and B lymphocytes in the brains of dogs with concomitant seropositivity to three pathogenic protozoans: Leishmania chagasi, Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum

Table 3 Gross lesions found in the necroscopic examination of the dogs, according to the experimental groups

Alteration¹	LTN group		L group		TN group		C group
	(n = 24)		(n = 31)		(n = 16)		(n = 10)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Evident splenic white pulp	2	8.3	1	3.2	-	-	-	-
Eye lesion	3	12.5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lymphadenopathy	10	41.7	13	41.9	2	12.5	-	-
Onycogryphosis	1	4.2	1	3.2	-	-	-	-
Skin lesion	11	45.8	8	25.8	6	37.5	-	-
Splenomegaly	2	8.3	3	9.7	2	12.5	-	-
Weight loss	2	8.3	3	9.7	2	12.5	-	-
Other	-	-	-	-	3	18.8	-	-
No alteration	5	20.8	13	41.9	9	56.3	10	100.0

¹One animal could have presented more than one alteration (n = 81).
LTN Dogs with seropositivity to visceral leishmaniasis, toxoplasmosis and neosporosis, L Dogs with seropositivity only to visceral leishmaniasis, TN Dogs with seropositivity only to toxoplasmosis and/or neosporosis, C Control healthy dogs.

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