TY - JOUR AU - Diaz-Medina, Olga Carolina AU - Bolio-González, Manuel Emilio AU - Rodríguez-Vivas, Roger Ivan AU - Gutiérrez-Ruiz, Edwin José AU - Pérez-Osorio, Carlos PY - 2016/04/05 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - MOLECULAR SURVEY OF Ehrlichia canis IN DOGS FROM MEXICO: PREVALENCE OF INFECTION AND POSSIBLE FACTORS ASSOCIATED JF - Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios JA - Ecosist. Recur. Agropec. VL - 3 IS - 8 SE - NOTAS CIENTÍFICAS DO - 10.19136/era.a3n8.778 UR - https://era.ujat.mx/index.php/rera/article/view/778 SP - 251-258 AB - <div class="page" title="Page 106"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>A cross-sectional study was performed to estimate the prevalence of infection of </span><em>Ehrlichia canis </em><span>in dogs and to explore the factors associated with the presence of the bacteria. The study was carried out in a village in Yucatan, Mexico. Blood samples were obtained from 200 dogs. Samples were analyzed by nested-PCR to detect the presence of </span><span><em>E. canis</em> </span><span>DNA and thrombocyte counts were calculated. One-hundred and forty of the dogs (70 %) were found to be infested with ticks. A total of 1 116 ticks were recovered and all were identi ed as </span><em>Rhipicephalus sanguineus</em><span>. The prevalence of </span><span>E. canis </span><span>infection was 69.2 %. None of the variables studied (gender, age, body condition, platelet-related bleeding, thrombocytopenia, and presence of ticks) showed association with </span><em>E. canis </em><span>infection. In conclusion, there is a high probability that dogs living in Yucatan, Mexico are infected with </span><em>E. canis. </em></p></div></div></div> ER -