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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

HEMOPLASMAS IN WILD CANIDS AND FEUDS IN BRAZIL

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Author(s):
Andre, Marcos Rogerio [1] ; Adania, Cristina Harumi [2] ; Allegretti, Silmara Marques [3] ; Machado, Rosangela Zacarias [1]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Agrarian & Veterinarian Sci, Dept Vet Pathol, Immunoparasitol Lab, BR-14884900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Mata Ciliar Assoc, Brazilian Ctr Neotrop Felids Conservat, BR-13212010 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Parasitol, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE; v. 42, n. 2, p. 342-347, JUN 2011.
Web of Science Citations: 18
Abstract

Hemotropic mycoplasmas, epicellular erythrocytic bacterial parasites lacking a cell wall, are the causative agents of infectious anemia in numerous mammalian species. The presence of hemotropic mycoplasmas in blood samples of neotropical and exotic wild canids and felids from Brazilian zoos were recorded using molecular techniques. Blood samples were collected from 146 Brazilian wild felids, 19 exotic felids, 3 European wolves (Canis lupus), and from 97 Brazilian wild canids from zoos in the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo and Mato Grosso and the Federal District. Using conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR), this work found 22 (13%) wild felids positive to Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum {[}4 jaguars (Panthera onca); 3 pumas (Puma concolor); 10 ocelots (Leopardus pardalis); 2 jaguarondis (Puma yagouaroundi); and 3 little spotted cats (Leopardus tigrinus)]. Only one little spotted cat (Leopardus tigrinus) was positive to Mycoplasma haemofelis, and none was positive to Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis. Two bush dogs (Speothos venaticus) were positive for a Mycoplasma sp. closely related to Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum, and two European wolves were positive for a Mycoplasma sp. closely related to candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum. This is the first study regarding the molecular detection of hemotropic mycoplasmas in wild canids. (AU)