Non-pet dogs as sentinels and potential synanthropic reservoirs of tick-borne and zoonotic bacteria

Hornok, Sándor; Dénes, Béla; Meli, Marina L; Tánczos, Balázs; Fekete, Lilla; Gyuranecz, Miklós; de la Fuente, José; de Mera, Isabel G Fernández; Farkas, Róbert; Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina

doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.08.011

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Hornok, S., Dénes, B., Meli, M. L., Tánczos, B., Fekete, L., Gyuranecz, M., de la Fuente, J., de Mera, I. G. F., Farkas, R., & Hofmann-Lehmann, R. (2013). Non-pet dogs as sentinels and potential synanthropic reservoirs of tick-borne and zoonotic bacteria. Veterinary Microbiology, 167(3–4), 700–703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.08.011

Abstract

Blood samples were collected from 100 shepherd dogs, 12 hunting dogs and 14 stray dogs (apparently healthy) in southern Hungary to screen for the presence of emerging tick-borne pathogens. Based on real-time PCR results, 14 dogs (11%) had single or dual haemoplasma infection, and a same number of samples were positive for Anaplasma phagocytophilum. In one sample Coxiella burnetii was molecularly identified, and 20.3% of dogs seroconverted to the Q fever agent. Rickettsaemia (sensu stricto) was also detected in one animal. This is the