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The presence of tick-borne diseases in domestic dogs and cats living on Iriomote-jima and Tsushima islands.


ABSTRACT: The Iriomote cat and Tsushima leopard cat are endangered wildcats in Japan and inhabit only Iriomote-jima and Tsushima islands, respectively. Domestic dogs and cats living on Iriomote-jima and Tsushima islands were surveyed to clarify the interrelationship between wildcats and domestic animals regarding tick-borne disease transmission. Pathogen-derived DNA in blood samples was detected by polymerase chain reaction. Babesia gibsoni was detected in dogs of Iriomote-jima, and Hepatozoon felis and hemoplasmas were detected in domestic cats of Tsushima. Because the H. felis detected in this study was closely related to that isolated from wildcats, we suspect that common H. felis is harbored and transmitted among wildcats and domestic cats via ticks in Tsushima.

SUBMITTER: Jikuya M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5487788 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The presence of tick-borne diseases in domestic dogs and cats living on Iriomote-jima and Tsushima islands.

Jikuya Mao M   Tateno Morihiro M   Takahashi Masashi M   Endo Yasuyuki Y  

The Journal of veterinary medical science 20170508 6


The Iriomote cat and Tsushima leopard cat are endangered wildcats in Japan and inhabit only Iriomote-jima and Tsushima islands, respectively. Domestic dogs and cats living on Iriomote-jima and Tsushima islands were surveyed to clarify the interrelationship between wildcats and domestic animals regarding tick-borne disease transmission. Pathogen-derived DNA in blood samples was detected by polymerase chain reaction. Babesia gibsoni was detected in dogs of Iriomote-jima, and Hepatozoon felis and h  ...[more]

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