[Occurrence de Leishmania spp. in domestic cats from Araçatuba, SP].
This study had the purpose to compare the occurrence of Leishmania spp. in felines through two methods (cytological and serological), as well as to associate the occurrence of this protozoan with the sex, age and breed variables. Serum samples from 283 domestic felines were processed by means of Indirect Immunofluorescence Reaction (IIR), and the direct parasitological test for linfonodes was also carried out in order to verify positivity for Leishmania spp. Occurrence of 0.7% (2/283) was observed in the tested felines by means of linfonode imprinting and no animal showed title of antibodies for Leishmania spp. The two positive females were mongrel, a young female and an adult female feline. From the obtained results, no statistically significant difference was observed as regards the sex, breed and age variables in this research (p > 0.05). Occurrence of Leishmania spp. in the cats of this study was low. Such low incidence suggests that these hosts has no epidemiological relevance in the study area.
Bresciani
Katia Denise Saraiva
KD
Departamento de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba - FOA, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo - UNESP, Araçatuba - SP, Brazil. bresciani@fmva.unesp.br
Serrano
Ana Claudia Marques
AC
Matos
Lucas Vinicius Shigaki de
LV
Savani
Elisa San Martin Mouriz
ES
D'Auria
Sandra Regina Nicoletti
SR
Perri
Silvia Helena Venturoli
SH
Bonello
Fabio Luiz
FL
Coelho
Willian Marinho Dourado
WM
Aoki
Carolina Godoi
CG
Costa
Alvimar José da
AJ
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D057805:Pets / Q000469:parasitology*; D012699:Serology / Q000379:methods