Epizootic situation of feline Bartonella infection in eastern Poland

Author:

Mazurek Łukasz1,Carbonero Alfonso2,Skrzypczak Maciej3,Winiarczyk Stanisław1,Adaszek Łukasz1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin , 20-612 Lublin , Poland

2. Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, UCO, Campus Universitarios de Rabanales , 14071 , Córdoba , Spain

3. Second Department of Gynaecology, Prof. F. Skubiszewski University School of Medicine , 20-090 Lublin , Poland

Abstract

Abstract Introduction The aim of the study was to establish the prevalence of Bartonella spp. in cats in eastern Poland, and to determine the factors associated with the infection. Material and Methods PCRs were performed to detect Bartonella DNA in the whole blood of 672 cats from four regions in eastern Poland (the Lublin, Podlasie, Masovian, and Subcarpathian provinces). The association between the previously selected variables and the dependent variable (presence of Bartonella DNA) was investigated using a logistic regression model. Results The overall prevalence of infection was 40.48%. All PCR positive cats were infected with B. henselae. The living conditions of the animals (free outdoor roaming), mixed breed cats, Subcarpathian region, and absence of tick control were significant risk factors associated with Bartonella infection at a 95% confidence level. Conclusion Cats in eastern Poland appear to be at risk of a bartonellosis epizootic. Factors which seem to impact the likelihood of infection in cats and factors which seem not to impact it have been suggested. We advocate additional research into the ways bartonellosis spreads, its geographical scope, and the factors that favour its development.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Veterinary

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