Prevalence of select vector-borne disease agents in owned dogs of Ghana

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

 
 
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Title Prevalence of select vector-borne disease agents in owned dogs of Ghana
 
Creator Clarke, Lorelei L. Ballweber, Lora R. Allen, Kelly Little, Susan E. Lappin, Michael R.
 
Subject Veterinary medicine; infectious disease; vector-borne agents bloodborne disease, canine, Ehrlichia spp., Ghana, Hepatozoon canis
Description Ticks, sera and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) blood were collected from dogs evaluated at the Amakom Veterinary Clinic in Kumasi, Ghana. Sera were evaluated for Dirofilaria immitis antigen and antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia canis. Conventional polymerase chain reaction assays designed to amplify the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) ofEhrlichia spp. or Anaplasma spp. or Neorickettsia spp. or Wolbachia spp., Babesia spp., Rickettsia spp., Hepatozoon spp., Bartonella spp. and the haemoplasmas were performed on DNA extracted from EDTA blood and all positive amplicons were sequenced. This small survey shows that the following vector-borne pathogens are present in urban Ghanian dogs: Ehrlichia canis, Hepatozoon canis,Dirofilaria immitis and Anaplasma platys. Bartonella henselae was isolated from ticks but not from the dogs.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2014-09-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Sample collection and analysis
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/jsava.v85i1.996
 
Source Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 85, No 1 (2014); 2 pages 2224-9435 1019-9128
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Ghana; West Africa — Blood, sera, ticks
Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Lorelei L. Clarke, Lora R. Ballweber, Kelly Allen, Susan E. Little, Michael R. Lappin https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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