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Detection of Dirofilaria immitis antigen and antibodies against Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi and Ehrlichia canis in dogs from ten provinces of China

  • Jiawei Wang , Patrick Kelly , Jilei Zhang , Zhengsheng Shi , Chunlian Song , Xiaofeng Zheng , Yi Zhang , Yongqing Hao , Haiju Dong , Heba S. El-Mahallawy , Wenbin Xiong , Heng Wang , Jianji Li , Xinjun Zhang and Chengming Wang EMAIL logo
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Acta Parasitologica
From the journal Acta Parasitologica Volume 63 Issue 2

Abstract

Despite the fact vector-borne diseases (VBDs) have been increasingly reported in dogs worldwide, there are only limited reports on VBDs in dogs in China with most being based on molecular detection of active infections. To provide further data on the exposure of dogs in China to VBD agents, we used commercial immunochromatographic assays to test plasma from 637 apparently healthy indoor and breeding colony dogs from 21 veterinary clinics in 10 provinces in China and a commercial dog breeding facility for circulating antigen of Dirofilaria immitis, and for circulating antibodies against Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp., and Borrelia burgdorferi. Overall, we found only low levels of exposure to Ehrlichia spp. (4.7%; 30/637), Anaplasma spp. (1.4%; 9/637), B. burgdorferi (0.9%; 6/637) and D. immitis (0.2%; 1/637) with most of the positive animals coming from the commercial breeding colony (26/103; 25.2%) where ectoparasites were most commonly noted. At least one vector-borne agent was found in dogs from 6 of the 10 provinces investigated. Our results confirm exposure of dogs from around China to a variety of VBDs, even indoor pets seldom observed to harbor ectoparasites.

Keywords: Vector-borne agents; SNAP® 4Dx®; dogs; China

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Received: 2017-8-5
Revised: 2017-12-28
Accepted: 2018-1-19
Published Online: 2018-4-13
Published in Print: 2018-6-26

© 2018 W. Stefański Institute of Parasitology, PAS

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Keywords for this article
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