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Seroprevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in Cats from Liaoning Province, Northeastern China
- Source :
- The Korean Journal of Parasitology
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, 2017.
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Abstract
- The present study was performed to investigate the seroprevalence and risk factors for Dirofilaria immitis infection in cats from Liaoning province, northeastern China. From October 2014 to September 2016, sera of 651 cats, including 364 domestic cats and 287 feral cats (332 females and 319 males) were assessed. They were tested for the presence of D. immitis antigen using SNAP Heartworm RT test kit. In this population, the average prevalence was 4.5%. Age and rearing conditions (feral or domestic) were found to be associated with the prevalence of D. immitis. The prevalence was significantly higher in feral cats compared with domestic cats (8.4% vs 1.4%, P0.05), but older cats (≥3 years old) showed a statistically higher prevalence compared with younger cats (0.05), all these results suggest that outdoor exposure time may be one of the most important factors for D. immitis prevalence in cats. Results reveal that D. immitis are prevalence in domestic and feral cats in northeastern China, which indicates that appropriate preventive measures should be taken to decrease the incidence of feline heartworm disease in Liaoning province, northeastern China.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Male
Veterinary medicine
China
Dirofilaria immitis
Population
cat
Brief Communication
Cat Diseases
03 medical and health sciences
Feline heartworm disease
Risk Factors
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Prevalence
Medicine
Seroprevalence
Animals
Animal Husbandry
education
education.field_of_study
CATS
biology
seroprevalence
Liaoning province
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Age Factors
030108 mycology & parasitology
biology.organism_classification
Infectious Diseases
Animals, Domestic
Antigens, Helminth
Cats
Parasitology
Female
Dirofilariasis
business
Biomarkers
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17380006 and 00234001
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Korean Journal of Parasitology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8a0f0cae81db7b85a8b2460c7c8aa22e