Artículos de revistas
Co-infecção por patógenos transmitidos por artrópodes em gatos domésticos
Fecha
2017-10-01Registro en:
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria, v. 26, n. 4, p. 525-531, 2017.
0103-846X
10.1590/s1984-29612017064
S1984-29612017000400525
2-s2.0-85036536034
S1984-29612017000400525.pdf
9139899895580513
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido – UFERSA
Institución
Resumen
The role of several feline vector-borne pathogens (FVBP) as a cause of disease in cats has not been clearly determined. In fact, with the exception of Bartonella spp. and hemoplasmas, FVBP in cats has not been clearly determined in Brazil yet. The present study aimed at identifying, by using molecular methods, the presence of FVBP in three cats showing non-specific clinical signs and inclusions suggestive of hemoparasites in blood smears. Cytauxzoon felis, ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’, Ehrlichia sp. closely related to Ehrlichia canis, and Anaplasma sp. closely related to Anaplasma phagocytophilum were detected in blood samples from two out of three sampled cats. Both cats positive for multiple FVBP did not show hematological and biochemical abnormalities. The present work emphasizes the need for molecular confirmation of co-infection by multiple FVBP in cats presenting non-specific clinical signs and inclusions resembling hemoparasites in blood smears.