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| | ONLINE | ISSN | : | 1347-7439 | | PRINT | ISSN | : | 0916-7250 |
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| | Journal of Veterinary Medical Science |
| Vol. 63 (2001) , No. 11 pp.1225-1227 |
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 | Survey of Tick Infestation and Tick-Borne Ehrlichial Infection of Dogs in Ishigaki Island, Japan
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| | 1) Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University
2) Yaeyama Livestock Hygiene Service Center
3) Yaeyama Public Health Center
4) Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée |
| (Received 12-Apr-2001)
(Accepted 5-Jul-2001)
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| | ABSTRACT. Twelve (54.5%) of 22 free-roaming dogs in Ishigaki Island had tick infestation identified as Rhipicephalus sanguineus. There were 121 ticks recovered and consisted of 28 females, 58 males, 22 nymphs and 3 larvae. Infection of dogs possibly with canine ehrlichial pathogens was examined by both indirect immunofluorescence assay and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Two dogs of the 13 examined were sero-positive for the human granulocytic ehrlichia agent, and one of two dogs was PCR positive for Ehrlichia platys. This dog had platelet numbers slightly lower than normal value, however, no morulae were found within platelet on peripheral blood smear stained with Giemsa. |
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| To cite this article: | | Hisashi INOKUMA, Gen NANE, Toshihide UECHI, Yoshikatsu YONAHARA, Philippe BROUQUI, Masaru OKUDA and Takafumi ONISHI “Survey of Tick Infestation and Tick-Borne Ehrlichial Infection of Dogs in Ishigaki Island, Japan”. J. Vet. Med. Sci.. Vol. 63: 1225-1227. (2001) . | |
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| doi:10.1292/jvms.63.1225 | | JOI JST.JSTAGE/jvms/63.1225 |
| Copyright(c) 2001 by the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science |
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