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Investigation of Bartonella henselae in Cats in Ankara, Turkey
Author(s) -
Celebi B.,
Kilic S.,
Aydin N.,
Tarhan G.,
Carhan A.,
Babur C.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
zoonoses and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.87
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1863-2378
pISSN - 1863-1959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01170.x
Subject(s) - bartonella henselae , bartonella , cats , cat scratch disease , seroprevalence , biology , virology , antibody , microbiology and biotechnology , serology , medicine , immunology , pathology , disease
Summary The purpose of this study was to determine Bartonella henselae prevalance in cats in Ankara. Whole bloods and sera collected from 256 cats were investigated for the presence feline Bartonella species by culture and sera were tested for the presence of antibodies against B. henselae IgG using immunofluorescence assay. Bartonella species were isolated by blood culture from 24 (9.4%) cats. Bartonella isolates were subjected to restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) by using Taq I and Hha I endonucleases to identify species. Twenty‐one isolates were determined as B. henselae and three of 24 isolates were determined as Bartonella clarridgeiae with RFLP. The bacteraemia prevalence and seroprevalence of B. henselae IgG antibodies in cats was detected as 8.2% and 18.6% respectively. This is the first report on B. henselea and B. clarridgeiae in cats in Turkey.