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Background  Molecular identification of tick-borne pathogen infection in cats from Africa is scarce. The presence of bacterial ( Anaplasma  and  Ehrlichia ) and protozoal ( Babesia  and  Hepatozoon ) agents was investigated in blood samples from 102 domestic cats from Luanda, Angola, by polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing.    Results  Three cats (2.9%) were found infected with  Ehrlichia canis , three (2.9%) with  Hepatozoon felis  and one (1.0%) with  Anaplasma bovis . The prevalence of infections with one single agent was 4.9%, and that of infection with two agents (i.e.  E. canis  and  H. felis ) was 1.0%. In total, six cats (5.9%) were found infected with at least one of the detected tick-borne agents.    Conclusions  This is the first report of  A. bovis ,  E. canis  and  H. felis  in cats from Angola. To the best of our knowledge,  A. bovis  is also being reported for the first time in domestic cats outside of Japan. Cats are at a low to moderate risk of being infected with tick-borne agents in Luanda.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (10.1186/s13071-018-2767-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Molecular detection of Anaplasma bovis, Ehrlichia canis and Hepatozoon felis in cats from Luanda, Angola