Prevalence of Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats in Bangkok metropolitan area and in vitro drug sensitivity testing
| Autor: | Burin Nimsuphan, Wissanuwat Chimnoi, Alisara Leelanupat, Ketsarin Kamyingkird |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Veterinary medicine
Drug Resistance Tritrichomonas foetus Biology In Vitro Techniques Cat Diseases law.invention chemistry.chemical_compound law medicine Prevalence Animals Cities Protozoan Infections Animal reproductive and urinary physiology Polymerase chain reaction Feces Fetus CATS General Veterinary DNA Protozoan biology.organism_classification Thailand RNA Ribosomal 5.8S Metronidazole Diarrhea chemistry embryonic structures Cats Parasitology medicine.symptom Ronidazole medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary parasitology, regional studies and reports. 21 |
| ISSN: | 2405-9390 |
| Popis: | Tritrichomonas foetus is a causative agent of feline trichomonosis, resulting in large-bowel diarrhea in cats. Feline trichomonosis has been reported in the USA, Europe and some Asian countries but there is limited information for Thailand. This study investigated the prevalence of T. foetus infection in cats in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area and evaluated the in vitro efficacy of metronidazole (MDZ) and ronidazole (RDZ) against T. foetus Thai isolates. In total, 215 fecal samples were collected from 121 owned cats and 94 stray cats. All fecal samples were cultivated in InPouch™ TF-Feline medium. Afterward, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays targeting the 5.8S rRNA gene, the ITS regions and DNA sequencing were used for the confirmation of T. foetus. The overall prevalence of T. foetus infection was 4.18% (9/215) based on cultivation and PCR. The sequencing results showed 99–100% homology to T. foetus sequences from GenBank. The average minimal lethal concentrations (MLCs) of MDZ were 333.33 and 66.67 μg/ml at 24 and 48 h, respectively. The average MLCs of RDZ were 29.16 and 12.5 μg/ml at 24 and 48 h, respectively. The MLC of the MDZ results revealed that T. foetus Thai isolates had a tendency to be MDZ-resistant. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this study was the first using in vitro cultivation and molecular techniques to report and confirm the presence of T. foetus in cats living in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area. Further studies are needed to determine the genuine infection rate of T. foetus in a greater population sample and the infection status in cats with signs of diarrhea in Thailand. |
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