Molecular detection of Bartonella, Ehrlichia and Mycoplasma in feral dogs of El Pedregal de San Angel Ecological Reserve in Mexico City

Free-ranging and feral dogs represent a group of unattended companion animals. They impact wild animal populations by predating native species, displacing predators and introducing exotic pathogens. The aim of this work was to describe the molecular occurrence of Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, My...

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Published in:Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria 2019-10, Vol.28 (4), p.728-734
Main Authors: Arenas, Pablo, Gil-Alarcón, Guillermo, Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Soto-Trujillo, Mariana Paola, Fernández-Figueroa, Edith, Rangel-Escareño, Claudia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anaplasma - genetics
Anaplasma - isolation & purification
Animals
Animals, Wild
Bartonella - genetics
Bartonella - isolation & purification
Canis familiaris
Dog Diseases - epidemiology
Dog Diseases - microbiology
Dogs
Ehrlichia - genetics
Ehrlichia - isolation & purification
Female
flea-borne pathogens
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - epidemiology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - microbiology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - veterinary
Male
Mexico
Mexico - epidemiology
Mycoplasma - genetics
Mycoplasma - isolation & purification
PARASITOLOGY
Phylogeny
Rickettsia - genetics
Rickettsia - isolation & purification
tick-borne pathogens
VETERINARY SCIENCES
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Summary:Free-ranging and feral dogs represent a group of unattended companion animals. They impact wild animal populations by predating native species, displacing predators and introducing exotic pathogens. The aim of this work was to describe the molecular occurrence of Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Mycoplasma and Bartonella in feral dogs. The study was carried out in the last relict of a protected area in Mexico City. Blood clots samples from 19 dogs were obtained and analyzed for detection of specific fragments of the 16S-rRNA gene for Anaplasma, Ehrlichia and Mycoplasma and citrate synthase (gltA) for Bartonella and Rickettsia. Our results showed that DNA from three bacteria species (Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, Ehrlichia canis and Mycoplasma haemocanis) was present with frequencies ranging from 5.3 to 15.8%. This is the first record of B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and M. haemocanis in dogs from México, and also the first finding of Ehrlichia canis in Mexico City. It is important to perform surveillance of feral dog populations in order to identify the impact of these pathogens on wild animal populations and Public Health in order to establish prevention and protection programs.
ISSN:0103-846X
1984-2961
1984-2961
DOI:10.1590/S1984-29612019085