The presence of tick-borne diseases in domestic dogs and cats living onIriomote-jima and Tsushima islands

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Morihiro TATENO¹  Masashi TAKAHASHI¹  Yasuyuki ENDO¹  Mao JIKUYA¹ 

[1] Laboratory of Small Animal Internal Medicine, JointFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima890-0065, Japan

关键词: cat;    dog;    tick-borne disease;    wildcat;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.16-0546

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

The Iriomote cat and Tsushima leopard cat are endangered wildcats in Japan and inhabitonly Iriomote-jima and Tsushima islands, respectively. Domestic dogs and cats living onIriomote-jima and Tsushima islands were surveyed to clarify the interrelationship betweenwildcats and domestic animals regarding tick-borne disease transmission. Pathogen-derivedDNA in blood samples was detected by polymerase chain reaction. Babesiagibsoni was detected in dogs of Iriomote-jima, and Hepatozoonfelis and hemoplasmas were detected in domestic cats of Tsushima. Because theH. felis detected in this study was closely related to that isolatedfrom wildcats, we suspect that common H. felis is harbored andtransmitted among wildcats and domestic cats via ticks in Tsushima.

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