Journal Title
Title of Journal: Comp Clin Pathol
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Abbravation: Comparative Clinical Pathology
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Publisher
Springer London
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Authors: Bahman Mosallanejad Reza Avizeh Mohammad Hossein Razi Jalali Mahdi Pourmahdi
Publish Date: 2015/05/03
Volume: 24, Issue: 6, Pages: 1559-1563
Abstract
Canine Lyme borreliosis is one of the most common ticktransmitted diseases in the world The infection is caused by spirochetal bacteria from the genus Borrelia burgdorferi The principal vectors are various species of slowfeeding hard ticks of the Ixodes complex Dogs are the most infected animals among the pets The status of infection due to Borrelia in dogs remains unknown in many areas of Iran Few studies have been reported on the distribution of this disease in the Iran dog’s population so the aim of this survey was to evaluate the seroprevalence of Borrelia infection in companion dogs in Ahvaz district southwestern Iran from October 2011 to August 2013 In the present survey a total of 168 companion dogs with different ages were examined for serum antibody detection against B burgdorferi by immunochromatography assay ICA catalog No RB 21–22 The dogs were selected between referred cases to Veterinary Hospital of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz southwestern Iran They were classified according to age sex season and region The studied dogs were divided based on age into three groups group 1 1 year group 2 1–5 years and group 3 5 years and based on area into five regions north east west south and central The results were analyzed by using chisquare analysis Fisher’s exact test and Z test Sixteen out of 168 serum samples 952 had antibodies against B burgdorferi 95 CI for proportion 51–139 Prevalence was significantly higher in adult dogs above 5 years 1940 13 out of 67 compared with dogs between 1 and 5 years 377 2 out of 53 and less than 1 year 208 1 out of 48 P 005 Prevalence was higher in male dogs 1053 10 out of 95 than in female dogs 822 6 out of 73 in the season of summer 1190 5 out of 42 and west region 1111 4 out of 36 but the difference was not significant between the prevalence of infection relative to host gender season and region P 005 The results of the present study provide useful information on the epidemiology of Lyme diseases in this area which until now was not studied Our results emphasize the presence of tickborne diseases and the need for public health interventions
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