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| Andre, M.R.; Adania, C.H.; Allegretti, S.M.; Machado, R.Z. | |
| Hemoplasmas in wild canids and felids in Brazil | |
| 2011 Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (42): 342-347 | |
Hemotropic mycoplasmas, epicellular erythrocytic bacterial parasites lacking a cell wall, are the causative agents of infectious anemia in numerous mammalian species. The presence of hemotropic mycoplasmas in blood samples of neotropical and exotic wild canids and felids from Brazilian zoos were recorded using molecular techniques. Blood samples were collected from 146 Brazilian wild felids, 19 exotic felids, 3 European wolves (_Canis lupus_), and from 97 Brazilian wild canids from zoos in the Brazilian states of Sa~o Paulo and Mato Grosso and the Federal District. Using conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR), this work found 22 (13%) wild felids positive to Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum [4 jaguars (Panthera onca); 3 pumas (_Puma concolor_); 10 ocelots (_Leopardus pardalis_); 2 jaguarondis (_Puma yagouaroundi_); and 3 little spotted cats (_Leopardus tigrinus_)]. Only one little spotted cat (_Leopardus tigrinus_) was positive to Mycoplasma haemofelis, and none was positive to Candidatus _Mycoplasma turicensis_. Two bush dogs (_Speothos venaticus_) were positive for a Mycoplasma sp. closely related to _Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum_, and two European wolves were positive for a Mycoplasma sp. closely related to Candidatus Mycoplasma _haemominutum_. This is the first study regarding the molecular detection of hemotropic mycoplasmas in wild canids. |
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