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Rachel C Smith¹, Kellee D Sundstrom², Ruth C Scimeca²

¹Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA. rachel.c.smith@okstate.edu.

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概括

家庭猫可以接触到传播的病原体,其中Borrelia burgdorferi s.s.是最常见的. 这项研究强调了猫.

科学领域:

兽医昆虫学兽医昆虫学
动物传播疾病流行病学
分子诊断学分子诊断学

背景情况:

传播的疾病在美国构成越来越大的威胁,伴侣动物可能有助于在周围家庭环境中维持病原体.
与狗相比,在传播病原体研究中,家猫的代表性不足.
了解猫对传播病原体的暴露对于公共卫生至关重要.

研究的目的:

在美国从家猫收集的Ixodid中调查传播病原体的流行情况.
评估猫对病原体暴露的风险及其在病原体传播中的潜在作用.

主要方法:

对来自512只家猫的802只Xodid进行了分子测试 (常规聚合酶连锁反应 - - PCR).
的形态鉴定:Xodes scapularis,Amblyomma americanum,以及皮肤变异的动物.

主要成果:

Borrelia burgdorferi s.s.是最常见的病原体 (在I. scapularis中占19.5%).
其他检测到的病原体包括Ehrlichia ewingii (3.2%在A. americanum中),Anaplasma phagocytophilum (0.7%在I. scapularis中),Cytauxzoon felis (0.5%在A. americanum中),以及Borrelia miyamotoi (0.2%在I. scapularis中).
在感染,病原体存在和猫的临床症状之间没有明确的关系.

结论:

这项广泛的调查证实,感染的家猫暴露于各种传播的病原体.
猫可以作为病原体感染的的储,有助于在家庭环境中促进病原体的循环.
需要进一步的研究来澄清这些病原体对猫健康的影响.

关键词:

亚纳等离子体的细胞菌体.波雷莉亚的形虫 (Borrelia burgdorferi) 是一种形虫.在Cytauxzoon的Felis.埃尔里希亚种类 (Ehrlichia spp.) 是一种里克特西亚 spp. 里克特西亚养猫是家养的猫.牛类的.美国美国美国美国

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