Prevalence, risk factor analysis, and hematological findings of hemoplasma infection in domestic cats from Valdivia, Southern Chile
| Autor: | Ananda Müller, Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, Pía Arauna Martínez, Paulina Grob Behne, Francisco Morera Galleguillos, Marcelo Gómez Jaramillo, Romina Walker Vergara, Nádia Regina Pereira Almosny |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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0301 basic medicine
DNA Bacterial Erythrocyte Indices Male Veterinary medicine 040301 veterinary sciences 030106 microbiology Immunology Population medicine.disease_cause Cat Diseases Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Microbiology Monocytes 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Leukocyte Count Mycoplasma Sex Factors Species Specificity Risk Factors medicine Prevalence Immunology and Allergy Animals Mycoplasma Infections Risk factor Chile education Mean corpuscular volume education.field_of_study CATS Hematologic Tests General Veterinary medicine.diagnostic_test biology Age Factors Complete blood count Anemia 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine biology.organism_classification Mycoplasma haemofelis Infectious Diseases Candidatus Cats Female |
| Zdroj: | Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases. 46 |
| ISSN: | 1878-1667 |
| Popis: | Four distinct cat hemoplasma species are recognized worldwide. However, this is the first study to investigate the prevalence, risk factors, and hematological findings of hemoplasmas in cats from Chile. Complete blood count and 16S rRNA real-time PCR for cat hemoplasma species were performed in 384 blood samples from domestic cats in Valdivia, Chile. Among the 384 samples the species-specific prevalence was as follows: 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' (7.8%), Mycoplasma haemofelis (4.4%), 'Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis' (1%), 'Ca. M. haemominutum'+M. haemofelis (0.78%), 'Ca. M. haemominutum'+'Ca. M. turicensis' (0.52%), 'Ca. M. haemominutum'+'Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum' (0.26%) and 'Ca. M. haemominutum'+M. haemofelis+'Ca. M. haematoparvum' (0.26%). Male sex, older age, outdoor access, and FIV status were risk factors for hemoplasmosis. Mycoplasma haemofelis-positive cats had higher mean corpuscular volume and monocyte count. Four hemoplasma species circulate in the cat population of Valdivia. 'Candidatus M. turicensis' and 'Ca. M. haematoparvum' have been reported for the first time in Chilean cats. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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