HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND SEROPREVALENCE OF Ehrlichia canis AND Babesia vogeli IN DOGS
| Autor: | Elizangela Guedes, Christiane Maria Barcelos Magalhães Rocha, Juliana Fonseca, Christian Hirsch, Manoel Junqueira Maciel Ribeiro, Antônio Marcos Guimarães, Fábio Raphael Pascoti Bruhn |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Veterinary medicine
040301 veterinary sciences Ehrlichia canis 030231 tropical medicine Population Ehrlichiosis babesiosis canine IFAT laboratory findings canine Asymptomatic Serology lcsh:Agriculture 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine education lcsh:SF1-1100 Subclinical infection education.field_of_study General Veterinary biology business.industry lcsh:S babesiosis Babesiosis 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification medicine.disease IFAT Canis laboratory findings ehrlichiosis Ehrlichiosis (canine) Animal Science and Zoology lcsh:Animal culture medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Ciência Animal Brasileira v.18 2017 Ciência animal brasileira Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) instacron:UFG Ciência Animal Brasileira, Vol 18, Iss 0 (2017) |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anti-Ehrlichia canis and anti-Babesia vogeli IgG antibodies in dogs and correlate this prevalence with risk factors to evaluate the relation of serological status to hematological findings. Blood samples of dogs attended from September 2011 to March 2012 at the veterinary hospital of the Federal University of Lavras, Brazil, were analyzed using an indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT). Of the total 160 dog serum samples, 23.7% (38 dogs; CI95 17.7% – 30.7%) were seropositive for E. canis, 40.0% (64 dogs; CI95 40.0% – 59.2%) for B. vogeli, and 5.6% (9 dogs) for both hemoparasites. None of the epidemiological variables showed a significant association (P>0.05) with seropositivity to E. canis and B. vogeli. Dogs seropositive for E. canis showed lower values for hematocrit (P0.05) was observed between dogs that were seropositive and seronegative for E. canis or for B. vogeli. Serological results suggest that infection with E. canis and B. vogeli is endemic in the canine population in question, with a prevalence of the subclinical phase (asymptomatic) in dogs that are seropositive for ehrlichiosis or babesiosis. Keywords: babesiosis; canine; ehrlichiosis; IFAT; laboratory findings. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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