title: Prevalence of Chlamydophila felis by PCR among healthy pet cats in Italy.
abstract: Conjunctival swabs were taken from 60 healthy pet cats and tested for Chlamydophila felis by PCR assays to amplify the ompA, omp2 and groEL genes. Chlamydial DNA was detected in 2 (3.3%) cats, one of which had been vaccinated against C. felis eight months before sample collection. The nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequences of three genes from two cats showed 100% identity with the same regions amplified from conjunctival swabs of cats in the same geographic area.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria e Patologia animale, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Francesco
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piva
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baldelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002353:Carrier State; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002415:Cats; D023501:Chlamydophila / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D023521:Chlamydophila Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial