| hepatozoon canis infection of wild carnivores in brazil. | hepatozoon canis was diagnosed in a crab-eating fox (cerdocyon thous) found on a highway in the region of botucatu, são paulo, brazil, after being hit by a car. the fox had bilateral fractures of the olecranon, which was corrected by osteosynthesis. hematologic findings included a neutrophilia, eosinophilia, monocytosis and mild anemia. in the leishman-stained blood film, gametocytes of hepatozoon canis in neutrophils were identified measuring 9.1 +/- 0.54 x 5.3 +/- 0.46 microns. | 1997 | 9211653 |