Stray cats are more frequently infected with zoonotic protists than pet cats

Title:

Stray cats are more frequently infected with zoonotic protists than pet cats

Creator:

Martin Kváč, Hofmannová, Lada, Ynes R Ortega, Holubová, Nikola, Horčičková, Michaela, Kicia, Marta, McEvoy, John, Lenka Hlásková, Dana Květoňová, and Bohumil Sak

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:922c23e3-9e92-486a-892e-0b665c8b360e
uuid:922c23e3-9e92-486a-892e-0b665c8b360e
issn:1803-6465
doi:10.14411/fp.2017.034

Subject:

Giardia, antiparazitika, antiparasitics, Cryptosporidium, Encephalitozoon, Enterocytozoon bieneusi, PCR, 2, and 59

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model:article and TEXT

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print, počítač, and online zdroj

Description:

Faecal samples were collected from cats kept as pets (n = 120) and stray cats (n = 135) in Central Europe (Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia) and screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia intestinalis (Kunstler, 1882), Encephalitozoon spp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi Desportes, Le Charpentier, Galian, Bernard, Cochand-Priollet, Lavergne, Ravisse et Modigliani, 1985 by PCR analysis of the small-subunit of rRNA (Cryptosporidium spp. and G. intestinalis) and ITS (microsporidia) genes. Sequence analysis of targeted genes revealed the presence of C. felis Iseki, 1979, G. intestinalis assemblage F, E. cuniculi Levaditi, Nicolau et Schoen, 1923 genotype II, and E. bieneusi genotype D. There was no correlation between the occurrence of detected parasites and sex, presence of diarrhoea or drug treatment (drug containing pyrantel and praziquantel). Compared to pet cats (7%), stray cats (30%) were statistically more frequently infected with protist parasites and overall may present a greater risk to human health., Martin Kváč, Lada Hofmannová, Ynes Ortega, Nikola Holubová, Michaela Horčičková, Marta Kicia, Lenka Hlásková, Dana Květoňová, Bohumil Sak, John McEvoy., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

1-5

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2017 Volume:64 | Number:1

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