First molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in dogs from Jiangxi,China

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Huiying TAO¹  Aaron Edmund RINGO¹  Mingming LIU¹  Huanping GUO¹  Artemis EFSTRATIOU¹  Xuenan XUAN¹  Yangqing LIU²  Paul Franck Adjou MOUMOUNI³  Yang GAO³  Weiqing ZHENG³  Xiaoqing LIU³  Charoonluk JIRAPATTHARASATE³  Haiying CHEN³  Zifen LI³  Zhanbin LIU³  Guanbo WANG³ 

[1] Department of Disinfection and Vector Control, NanchangCenter for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330038,China;Nanchang Police Dog Base of the Ministry of PublicSecurity, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330100, China;National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases,Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555,Japan

关键词: Babesia spp.;    dog;    Jiangxi;    tick-borne pathogen;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.16-0484

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

In this study, blood samples obtained from 162 dogs in Jiangxi, China, were employed inmolecular screening of canine tick-borne pathogens by PCR and sequencing.Babesia spp. gene fragment was detected in 12 (7.41%) dogs. All sampleswere negative for Hepatozoon spp., Ehrlichia canis,Coxiella spp., Borrelia spp.,Rickettsia spp. and Anaplasma platys. Species-specificPCR analysis further confirmed that 8 (4.94%) and 4 (2.47%) dogs were infected byBabesia canis vogeli and Babesia gibsoni,respectively. Based on our analyses, Babesia spp. infection in Jiangxiappeared not related to age, gender, breed, usage, activity and health status or tickinfestation history of the dogs. This is the first molecular report of Babesiacanis vogeli and Babesia gibsoni in dogs from Jiangxi,China.

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