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Arthropod-borne infections in travelled dogs in Europe

Pet animal movement is ever increasing within the European Union and in that context canine vectorborne infections gained a considerable importance. Information on these infections in travelled dogs is nevertheless limited. A first prospective study on vector-borne infections was conducted in 106 do...

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Autores principales: Hamel, Dietmar, Silaghi, Cornelia, Pfister, Kurt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EDP Sciences 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3718538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23477298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2013010
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description Pet animal movement is ever increasing within the European Union and in that context canine vectorborne infections gained a considerable importance. Information on these infections in travelled dogs is nevertheless limited. A first prospective study on vector-borne infections was conducted in 106 dogs travelling from Germany to countries in South and South-East Europe. The dogs were screened prior to and consecutively up to three times after travel by haematological (Giemsa-stained buffy coat smears, Knott’s-Test), molecular biological (PCR) as well as serological (IFAT, DiroChek(®)-ELISA) methods for arthropod-borne infections. Seven animals were seropositive for antibodies against Babesia canis sspp., Leishmania spp. and/or Ehrlichia canis prior to travel to Italy, Spain, France, Croatia, Greece, or Hungary. In the consecutive screening after return there was no increase in the number of seropositive dogs. None was positive in direct methods. The mean duration of the stay was 17 days and 51% of the dogs were prophylactically treated with ectoparasiticidal formulations. Preliminary data from this study on canine vector-borne infections indicate a low risk for infection during a limited single stay in endemic countries.
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spelling pubmed-37185382013-07-24 Arthropod-borne infections in travelled dogs in Europe Hamel, Dietmar Silaghi, Cornelia Pfister, Kurt Parasite Research Article Pet animal movement is ever increasing within the European Union and in that context canine vectorborne infections gained a considerable importance. Information on these infections in travelled dogs is nevertheless limited. A first prospective study on vector-borne infections was conducted in 106 dogs travelling from Germany to countries in South and South-East Europe. The dogs were screened prior to and consecutively up to three times after travel by haematological (Giemsa-stained buffy coat smears, Knott’s-Test), molecular biological (PCR) as well as serological (IFAT, DiroChek(®)-ELISA) methods for arthropod-borne infections. Seven animals were seropositive for antibodies against Babesia canis sspp., Leishmania spp. and/or Ehrlichia canis prior to travel to Italy, Spain, France, Croatia, Greece, or Hungary. In the consecutive screening after return there was no increase in the number of seropositive dogs. None was positive in direct methods. The mean duration of the stay was 17 days and 51% of the dogs were prophylactically treated with ectoparasiticidal formulations. Preliminary data from this study on canine vector-borne infections indicate a low risk for infection during a limited single stay in endemic countries. EDP Sciences 2013 2013-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3718538/ /pubmed/23477298 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2013010 Text en © D. Hamel et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2013 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Arthropod-borne infections in travelled dogs in Europe
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3718538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23477298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2013010
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