Molecular Survey of Hepatozoonosis in Natural Infected Dogs: First Detection and Molecular Characterisation of Hepatozoon canis in Kyrgyzstan

Ayperi Aytmırza Kızı | Zarima CUMAKANOVA | Ayday CUNUŞOVA

Canine hepatozoonosis is a tick-borne protozoan disease and widespread in Europe, Africa, Asia and America. There is not any available data about the presence of Hepatozoon infections in dogs in Kyrgyzstan. In the study we aimed that investigate the presence of Hepatozoon canis and the prevalance of Hepatozoon infections in dogs from Kyrgyzstan using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequence analysis. To determine the prevelance of hepatozoonosis in dogs, a total of 170 blood samples were applied to PCR to amplify a fragment of 666 bp found in 185 SSU rRNA gene of Hepatozoon spp. The PCR re ...Более