Molecular detection of vector-borne agents in cats in Southern Brazil
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2019-10-01
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Pedrassani, Daniela
Biolchi, Juliano
Gonçalves, Luiz Ricardo [UNESP]
Mendes, Natalia Serra [UNESP]
Zanatto, Diego Carlos de Souza [UNESP]
Calchi, Ana Cláudia [UNESP]
Machado, Rosangela Zacarias [UNESP]
André, Marcos Rogério [UNESP]
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This study used serological and molecular methods to investigate the occurrence of vector-borne pathogens (VBP) with zoonotic potential in cats neutered at the University Veterinary Hospital in Canoinhas, Santa Catarina. The combined PCR and serological results revealed that 17 (56.6%) cats were positive for one or more pathogens. The sampled cats had antibodies to Ehrlichia spp. (7/30), Anaplasma phagocytophilum (3/30) and Leishmania infantum (2/30). The PCR assay detected DNA closely related to Ehrlichia canis in 6/30 cats, Mycoplasma haemofelis in 2/30 cats, A. phagocytophilum and Cytauxzoon sp. in one cat each. While Bartonella clarridgeiae and B. henselae were detected in two cats each, and B. koehlerae was detected in one cat.
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Anaplasma, Bartonella, Cat, Ehrlichia, Leishmania, Mycoplasma
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria, v. 28, n. 4, p. 632-643, 2019.