@article{ffd1cd88e041439984825b09d8f07fbc,
title = "Molecular detection of tick-borne bacterial agents in Brazilian and exotic captive carnivores",
abstract = "The present study aims to detect and characterize by molecular techniques, the presence of tick-borne pathogens in wild captive carnivore blood samples from Brazil. Blood was collected from 76 Brazilian felids, 23 exotic felids, 3 European wolves (Canis lupus), and 97 Brazilian canids maintained in captivity in zoos located in S{\~a}o Paulo and Mato Grosso states, Brazil. DNA of each sample was used in PCR reactions for Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Rickettsia identification. The blood from 10/100 (10%) of canids (1 European wolf, 3 bush dogs, and 6 crab-eating foxes) and from 21/99 (21%) felids (4 pumas, 6 little spotted cats, 4 ocelots, 3 jaguarundis, 1 tiger, and 3 lions) contained fragments of 16S rRNA gene of Ehrlichia spp. Fragments of Anaplasma spp. groESL and 16S rRNA genes were detected in the blood of 1/100 (1%) canids (1 bush dog) and in 4/99 (3%) felids (4 little spotted cats), respectively. Rickettsia species infections were not identified. The present work showed that new strains of Ehrlichia and Anaplasma spp. circulate among wild carnivores in Brazil.",
keywords = "Anaplasma, Brazil, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, Wild carnivores",
author = "Andr{\'e}, {M. R.} and Dumler, {J. S.} and Scorpio, {D. G.} and Teixeira, {R. H.F.} and Allegretti, {S. M.} and Machado, {R. Z.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Funda{\c c}{\~a}o de Amparo {\`a} Pesquisa do Estado de S{\~a}o Paulo (FAPESP) for the scholarship (number #07/59889-6) and financial support (number #08/55570-8 ), and CAPES (Coordena{\c c}{\~a}o de Aperfei{\c c}oamento de Pessoal de N{\'i}vel Superior) for sandwich-scholarship (#1483-10-2); Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renov{\'a}veis (IBAMA) for the concession of licences (numbers #S02027.002943/2005 and #15901-1 ) for collecting and packaging blood samples from wild canids and felids; and Zool{\'o}gico de Bras{\'i}lia, Zool{\'o}gico Municipal Bosque dos Jequitib{\'a}s de Campinas, Zool{\'o}gico de Pedreira, Bosque Municipal F{\'a}bio Barreto de Ribeir{\~a}o Preto, Zool{\'o}gico de Americana, Zool{\'o}gico de Ara{\c c}atuba, Zool{\'o}gico de Sorocaba, Zool{\'o}gico de Leme, Zool{\'o}gico de S{\~a}o Carlos, Zool{\'o}gico de Itatiba, Zool{\'o}gico de Mogi Mirim, Zool{\'o}gico de Piracicaba, Zool{\'o}gico de Nova Odessa, Zool{\'o}gico de Americana, Zool{\'o}gico de Catanduva, Zool{\'o}gico de Cuiab{\'a}, and Funda{\c c}{\~a}o Parque Zool{\'o}gico de S{\~a}o Paulo. Copyright: Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2012",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.04.002",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "3",
pages = "247--253",
journal = "Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases",
issn = "1877-959X",
publisher = "Elsevier GmbH",
number = "4",
}