Arthropod-borne pathogens circulating in free-roaming domestic cats in a zoo environment in Brazil

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorAndre, Marcos Rogerio
dc.creatorBaccarim Denardi, Nathani Cristina
dc.creatorMarques de Sousa, Keyla Carstens
dc.creatorGoncalves, Luiz Ricardo
dc.creatorHenrique, Paloma Canedo
dc.creatorGrosse Rossi Ontivero, Claudia Regina
dc.creatorLima Gonzalez, Irys Hany
dc.creatorCabral Nery, Carolina Vaz
dc.creatorFernandes Chagas, Carolina Romeiro
dc.creatorMonticelli, Caue
dc.creatorGabriela Alexandre de Santis, Ana Claudia
dc.creatorMachado, Rosangela Zacarias
dc.date2015-03-18T15:54:08Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:28:03Z
dc.date2015-03-18T15:54:08Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:28:03Z
dc.date2014-01-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T07:07:29Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T07:07:29Z
dc.identifierTicks And Tick-borne Diseases. Jena: Elsevier Gmbh, Urban & Fischer Verlag, v. 5, n. 5, p. 545-551, 2014.
dc.identifier1877-959X
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/116781
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/116781
dc.identifier10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.03.011
dc.identifierWOS:000340142100015
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.03.011
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/927428
dc.descriptionRecently, tick and flea-borne pathogens have been detected in wild carnivores maintained in captivity in Brazilian zoos. Since free-roaming cats are frequently found in Brazilian zoos, they could act as reservoirs for arthropod-borne pathogens, which could be transmitted to endangered wild carnivores maintained in captivity in these institutions. On the other hand, stray cats in zoos may play a role as sentinels to pathogens that circulate among wild animals in captivity. The present work aimed to detect the presence of Anaplasmataceae agents, hemoplasmas, Bartonella species, piroplasmas, and Hepatozoon sp. DNA in blood samples of 37 free-roaming cats in a Brazilian zoo. Three (8%) cats were positive for Anaplasma spp. closed related to Anaplasma phagocytophilum; 12 (32%) cats were positive for hemoplasmas [two (5%) for Mycoplasma haemofelis, five (13.5%) for Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum, and five (13.5%) for Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis]; 11(30%) were positive for Bartonella spp., six (16%) were positive Babesia vogeli and one (3%) for Theileria sp. Coinfection with multiple arthropod-borne agentes was observed in sampled cats. None of sampled cats were positive for Ehrlichia spp., Cytauxzoon spp., or Hepatozoon spp. in PCR. This is the first molecular detection of Babesia vogeli and Theileria sp. in domestic cats in Brazil. The control of the population of free-roaming cats in these conservation institutions is much needed aiming to prevent the potential transmission to endangered wild animals maintained in captivity, such as wild neotropical wild felids, as well as to human beings visiting zoos. (C) 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relationTicks And Tick-borne Diseases
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectAnaplasmataceae
dc.subjectBartonella spp.
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectCats
dc.subjectPiroplasms
dc.subjectZoo
dc.titleArthropod-borne pathogens circulating in free-roaming domestic cats in a zoo environment in Brazil
dc.typeOtro


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