[Seroprevalence anti-Ehrlichia canis antibodies in dogs of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso].
Canine ehrlichiosis is a disease transmitted by ticks Rhipicephalus sanguineus and caused by Ehrlichia canis, obligatory intracellular bacteria. The present study examined the prevalence of anti-E. canis in 254 dogs from four administrative regions of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, by indirect immunofluorescence assay. There was a prevalence of 42.5% (108/254) without significant difference between the studied regions. The variables age, breed, sex, habitat, access to rural and ticks were analyzed. The antibody titers ranged from 1:40 to 1:2,560. Only 32 (29.63%) seropositive dogs were infested with ticks, all R. sanguineus. The results confirm that do not have breed, sex or age predisposition to ehrlichiosis due E. canis, while the lowest occurrence of reactive dogs indoors probably related to low tick infestation, although no significant difference between dogs with or without infestation with the tick vector.
Silva
José Nivaldo da
JN
Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso – UFMT.
Almeida
Arleana do Bom Parto Ferreira de
Ado B
Boa Sorte
Eveline da Cruz
Eda C
Freitas
Agrádia Gonçalves de
AG
Santos
Luana Gabriela Ferreira do
LG
Aguiar
Daniel Moura
DM
Sousa
Valéria Régia Franco
VR
D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D001938:Brazil; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D041061:Ehrlichia canis / Q000276:immunology*; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial