Report of candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum and Mycoplasma haemocanis canine natural infections in Massambaba restinga, Brazil

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1 Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Castelo Branco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2 Programa de pós graduação em medicina veterinária, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
3 Departamento de medicina e cirurgia veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
4 Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.27805v1
Published
Accepted
Subject Areas
Veterinary Medicine, Epidemiology
Keywords
Tick borne disease, mycoplasmosis, hemoparasitosis, PCR
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© 2019 Miranda et al.
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Miranda MG, Alberigi B, Mendes-de-Almeida F, Bendas AJR, Almosny N, Paiva JP, Labarthe NV. 2019. Report of candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum and Mycoplasma haemocanis canine natural infections in Massambaba restinga, Brazil. PeerJ Preprints 7:e27805v1

Abstract

Background: Tick-borne diseases are frequent in the Southeastern section of Brazil. The most prevalent canine parasites diagnosed are Ehrlichia canis, Babesia gibsoni, Babesia canis and Anaplasma platys, although Mycoplasma haemocanis and candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum have been registered in the country.

Methods: When two clinically healthy dogs from a suburban area of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with history of being heavily infested with ticks were examined at Idexx Reference Laboratories, California for tick panel check.

Results: One dog harbored DNA of candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum and the other DNA of Mycoplasma haemocanis.

Conclusions: These results suggest that monitoring for tick infestations and tick-borne parasites must be permanent in southeastern Brazil, especially due to global climate changes which may contribute to spread and increase the number of infections in the Country.

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