Lack of acquired resistance in dogs to successive infestations of Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks from Brazil and Argentina.

Autor: Évora PM; Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Agronomic and Veterinary Sciences-FCAV, São Paulo State University-UNESP, Campus of Jaboticabal, Via de Acesso Professor Paulo D. Castellane, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, 14884-900, Brazil., Sanches GS, Jusi MM, Alves LB, Machado RZ, Bechara GH
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Experimental & applied acarology [Exp Appl Acarol] 2015 Sep; Vol. 67 (1), pp. 135-46. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jun 11.
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-015-9936-x
Abstrakt: Comparative studies between brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus populations from Brazil (Jaboticabal, São Paulo) and Argentina (Rafaela, Santa Fé) showed significant biological, morphological and genetic differences between them. This work aimed to study, in a comparative way, the acquisition of resistance in domestic dogs to R. sanguineus from Jaboticabal and Rafaela, after successive and controlled infestations. Ticks were kept in a BOD incubator under controlled conditions (27 °C, 80 % relative humidity, 12-h photoperiod). Ten dogs, Dachshund breed, males and females, 6 months old, short- or long-haired, without prior contact with ticks, were used as hosts. They were distributed into two experimental groups composed of five animals each: G1 infested with ten adult couples of R. sanguineus (Jaboticabal) per animal, and G2 infested with ten adult couples of R. sanguineus (Rafaela) per animal. Ticks' biological parameters and titration of antibodies from the dogs' sera by ELISA test were used for comparison between the strains. Results of the biological parameters showed that the dogs did not acquire immunity to either of the R. sanguineus strains after repeated infestations. The ELISA test showed low antibody titers in sera of dogs from G2, in successive infestations, and higher antibody responses post second and third infestations in G1. It also demonstrated cross-reactivity between sera of dogs infested with R. sanguineus (Jaboticabal) and antigens from R. sanguineus (Rafaela) and vice versa. We conclude that Dachshund dogs did not develop resistance against neither Jaboticabal nor Rafaela strains of R. sanguineus.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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