Molecular evidence of vector-borne pathogens in dogs and cats and their ectoparasites in Algiers,Algeria |
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| Institution: | 1. Ecole Nationale Supérieure Vétérinaire, Alger 16000, Algeria;2. Université Amar Telidji de Laghouat, 03000, Algeria;3. Aix Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198 (Dakar), Inserm 1095, Marseille, France;4. Université de Bab Ezzouar, Laboratoire d’Ecologie et Environnement, Alger 16000, Algeria;1. Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, 250 McElroy Hall Stillwater, OK 74078, USA;2. Department of Clinical Science, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, 1 Boren Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital Stillwater, OK 74078, USA;1. Facultad de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Andres Bello, República 252, Santiago, Chile;2. Facultad de Ciencias Silvoagropecuarias, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile;3. Health & Biotechnology (SaBio), IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain;4. El Mirador del Rosario P5, Peñaflor, Santiago, Chile;5. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA;6. Vetgenomics, Edifici Eureka, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain;1. Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Veterinaerstrasse 13, 80539 Munich, Germany;2. Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA;1. Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, 13005 Marseille, France;2. Ecole Nationale Supérieure Vétérinaire d''Alger, 16000, Algeria;3. Institut des Sciences Vétérinaires, Université Blida 1, 09000, Algeria;4. Department of Zoology, Agronomic Graduate School, El Harrach, Algiers, 16000, Algeria;5. EPH de Sidi Ali, Mostaganem, Ministère de la santé, de la population et de la réforme hospitalière, 27000, Algeria |
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| Abstract: | In Algeria, only limited information is currently available on the prevalence of emergent canine and feline vector-borne diseases. The aim of the present work was to detect by qPCR vector-associated bacteria in stray dogs and cats and their ectoparasites from Algiers.18/117 (15.38%) dogs and 2/107 (1.87%) cats were positive for at least one vector-borne agent. Coxiella burnetii and Bartonella henselae were identified in 1/117 (0.85%) dog individually. Ehrlichia canis DNA was detected in 17/117 (14.52%) dogs. 1/107 (0.93%) cat was positive to C. burnetii and another 1/107 (0.93%) to B. henselae.DNA of Rickettsia massiliae, Rickettsia conorii and E. canis was detected in Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Cat fleas were infected with Rickettsia felis, B. henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae. B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii was identified in Xenopsylla cheopis collected from dogs.The findings of this study indicate that dogs and cats from Algeria are exposed to multiple tick and flea-borne pathogens. |
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| Keywords: | Dog Cat Tick Flea qPCR Algeria |
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