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

Weiqing ZHENG; Mingming LIU; Paul Franck Adjou MOUMOUNI; Xiaoqing LIU; Artemis EFSTRATIOU; Zhanbin LIU; Yangqing LIU; Huiying TAO; Huanping GUO; Guanbo WANG; Yang GAO; Zifen LI; Aaron Edmund RINGO; Charoonluk JIRAPATTHARASATE; Haiying CHEN; Xuenan XUAN

doi:10.1292/jvms.16-0484

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

Weiqing ZHENG, Mingming LIU, Paul Franck Adjou MOUMOUNI, Xiaoqing LIU, Artemis EFSTRATIOU, Zhanbin LIU, Yangqing LIU, Huiying TAO, Huanping GUO, Guanbo WANG, Yang GAO, Zifen LI, Aaron Edmund RINGO, Charoonluk JIRAPATTHARASATE, Haiying CHEN, Xuenan XUAN

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Weiqing ZHENG
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Department of Disinfection and Vector Control, Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Mingming LIU
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Paul Franck Adjou MOUMOUNI
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Xiaoqing LIU
Department of Disinfection and Vector Control, Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Artemis EFSTRATIOU
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Zhanbin LIU
Nanchang Police Dog Base of the Ministry of Public Security
Yangqing LIU
Department of Disinfection and Vector Control, Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Huiying TAO
Department of Disinfection and Vector Control, Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Huanping GUO
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Guanbo WANG
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Yang GAO
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Zifen LI
Department of Disinfection and Vector Control, Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Aaron Edmund RINGO
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Charoonluk JIRAPATTHARASATE
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Haiying CHEN
Department of Disinfection and Vector Control, Nanchang Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Xuenan XUAN
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Keywords: Babesia spp., canine, Jiangxi, tick-borne pathogens

JOURNAL FREE ACCESS Advance online publication

Article ID: 16-0484

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.16-0484

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 79 (2017), No. 2 pp. 248-254

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Abstract

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

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