| ehrlichia platys (anaplasma platys) in dogs from maracaibo, venezuela: an ultrastructural study of experimental and natural infections. | since 1982 ehrlichia platys, now emended as anaplasma platys, has been diagnosed in dogs from maracaibo, venezuela, using buffy coat smears stained with dip quick. three dogs were inoculated with an a. platys strain. when parasitemia reached 60-97%, blood samples obtained from the inoculated dogs and from two naturally infected dogs were centrifuged to obtain platelet-rich plasma, which was mixed with 0.1% glutaraldehyde at 37 c for 10 minutes. platelet pellets were fixed in 3% glutaraldehyde fo ... | 2003 | 12637754 |