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Výsledky studie vybraných parametrů krve koček (Felis catus) ve vztahu k některým zoonózám (leptospiróza, borrelióza)
| Title in English | The results of selected parameters in the cat's blood (Felis catus) in relation to certain zoonoses (leptospirosis, borreliosis) |
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | Leptospirosis is the most widespread zoonosis in the world; Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne disease of the northern hemisphere. The aim of the study was to determine the seroprevalence of these diseases in cats and positive findings compared with the observed haematological and biochemical parameters (number of erythrocytes, blood sedimentation, hematocrit, hemoglobin concentration, number of leukocytes, etc.). By the method MAT, cat's sera samples were tested in 8 serovars Leptospira interrogans s. l. (L. grippotyphosa, L. icterohaemorrhagiae, L. bratislava, L. canicola, L. sejroe, L. sorex jalna, L. pomona a L. pyrogenes); then, detection of antiborrelia antibodies by ELISA. The observed seroprevalence in cats was 18% for antiborrelial IgM, 9,3 % for antiborrelial IgG, 11,3 % for anti-leptospiral antibody (Literature: to 25% for leptospirosis and up to 37% for Lyme borreliosis). Mostly, cats have no clinical signs of these diseases, but in our research, cats positive for antiborrelial IgG antibodies reached statistically higher hematocrit values and the number of erythrocytes than negative animals. |