Author:
Mahmoud Hassan Y. A. H.,Shahat Moshera S.,Fereig Ragab M.,Ali Alsagher O.,Emeish Walaa F. A.,Soliman Ahmed M.,Khalifa Fatma A.,Tanaka Tetsuya
Abstract
AbstractTick-borne diseases in animals are increasing rapidly worldwide, but there is insufficient information about tick-borne diseases infecting dogs in southern Egypt. Thus, in the current study, we detected the presence of Anaplasma marginale (A. marginale) and Babesia canis vogeli (B. canis vogeli) in the blood of dogs. The results revealed that 4/100 (4%) were positive, and a higher infection rate was found in males (75%), than females (25%). The phylogenetic analysis for the major surface protein 4 (msp4) gene in this study was compared with amplicons separate from other reported isolates with alignment by identity 100% with cattle and camels from Egypt, and the phylogenetic analysis for the B. canis vogeli small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene in this study identified identity by 99.89% with dogs from Egypt. This report is considered the first report in southern Egypt about A. marginale in dogs based on the sequence analysis of the msp4 gene, providing new data for the classification and identification of A. marginale in dogs compared to A. marginale isolated from other animals in southern Egypt.
Funder
The Science, Technology & Innovation Funding Authority (STDF) in cooperation with The Egyptian Knowledge.
Ministry of Higher Education
South Valley University
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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