Stray dogs of northern Jordan as reservoirs of ticks and tick-borne hemopathogens
Language English Country Germany Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- MeSH
- Anaplasma phagocytophilum genetics isolation & purification MeSH
- Babesia genetics isolation & purification MeSH
- Coccidia genetics isolation & purification MeSH
- Ectoparasitic Infestations parasitology veterinary MeSH
- Ixodidae classification growth & development MeSH
- Blood microbiology parasitology MeSH
- Molecular Sequence Data MeSH
- Tick-Borne Diseases microbiology parasitology veterinary MeSH
- Dog Diseases microbiology parasitology MeSH
- Polymerase Chain Reaction MeSH
- Dogs MeSH
- Sequence Analysis, DNA MeSH
- Theileria genetics isolation & purification MeSH
- Disease Reservoirs * MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Male MeSH
- Dogs MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Jordan MeSH
Dogs are competent reservoir hosts of several hemopathogens including zoonotic agents and can serve as readily available source of nutrition for many blood-feeding arthropods. Three hemopathogens had been detected for the first time in Jordan. The PCR prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Hepatozoon canis, and piroplasmid DNA were 39.5%, 28.9%, and 7.9% (n=38) respectively. Sequencing of amplicons of PCR with universal primers targeting the 18S rRNA gene of piroplasmids shows the highest similarity to equine piroplasmids species Theileria equi from two dogs and Babesia caballi from a single dog. Ticks of two genera Rhipicephalus and Haemaphysalis, were detected in this study (n=268). The brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus was the most abundant species (95.1%, n=255), followed by Haemaphysalis erinacei (3%, n=8) and Haemaphysalis parva (1.9%, n=5). The two Haemaphysalis species were detected for the first time from dogs in Jordan. Regarding its high prevalence, we expect R. sanguineus being a possible vector of detected pathogens.
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