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JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE
Volume 77, Issue 10, Pages 1275-1279Publisher
JAPAN SOC VET SCI
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.15-0079
Keywords
canine; epidemiological survey; Japan; tick-borne disease
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [23580442]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23580442] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Tick-borne diseases are often encountered in canine clinical practice. In the present study, a molecular epidemiological survey of dogs in Japan was conducted to understand the prevalence and geographical distribution of Babesia spp., Hepatozoon spp., Ehrlichia spp. and Anaplasma spp. Pathogen-derived DNA in blood samples obtained from 722 dogs with a history of exposure to ticks and/or fleas was examined by PCR. The prevalence of Babesia gibsoni, Babesia odocoilei-like species, Hepatozoon canis and Ehrlichia spp./Anaplasina spp. was 2.4% (16/722), 0.1% (1/722), 2.5% (18/722) and 1.5% (11/722), respectively. While B. gibsoni and Ehrlichia spp./Anaplasma spp. were detected in the western part of Japan, H. canis was detected in Tohoku area in addition to western and central parts of Japan.
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