کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5546402 1402742 2016 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
First detection of Cytauxzoon spp. infection in European wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) of Italy
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
First detection of Cytauxzoon spp. infection in European wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) of Italy
چکیده انگلیسی


- Cytauxzoonosis is an emerging tick-transmitted protozoan disease.
- Mutual transmission of pathogens between wild and domestic cats is increasing.
- First paper focused on Cytaouxzoon spp. infection in F. s. silvestris.
- Cytauxzoon spp. may infect F. s. silvestris further than F. s. catus.
- Questions are raised on pathogenic role of Cytauxzoon spp. in F. s. silvestris.

Cytauxzoonosis is an emerging, tick-transmitted, protozoan disease affecting domestic and wild felids and caused by Cytauxzoon felis, Cytauxzoon manul and Cytauxzoon spp. This study aimed to determine the presence of infection with Cytauxzoon spp. in Felis silvestris silvestris in Italy, in order to enhance the comprehension of its pattern distribution among domestic cat populations. In addition, wildcats were tested for other endemic vector-borne pathogens in Italy. The carcasses of 21 F. s. silvestris were collected from central and northern regions of Italy. All the animals were submitted to necropsy and samples of the spleens were collected. Cytauxzoon infection was surveyed by a conventional PCR amplifying a portion of the SSU-rDNA of species of Piroplasmida. The samples were also screened for Anaplasma spp., Ehrlichia spp., Rickettsia spp., Babesia spp., Theileria spp., and Leishmania spp. using SYBR Green Real-Time PCR (rPCR) assays. Four animals (19%) were positive for Piroplasmida-PCR assay and three sequenced amplicons were obtained (14.3%), clustering with the Italian, Spanish, French and Romanian Cytauxzoon spp. isolates and with C. manul found in Mongolia. The samples were negative for the other pathogens screened. The present results showed that Cytauxzoon spp. may infect both F. s. silvestris and F. s. catus.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases - Volume 7, Issue 5, July 2016, Pages 853-858
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