Bresciani Katia Denise Saraiva, Serrano Ana Claudia Marques, Matos Lucas Vinicius Shigaki de, Savani Elisa San Martin Mouriz, D'Auria Sandra Regina Nicoletti, Perri Silvia Helena Venturoli, Bonello Fabio Luiz, Coelho Willian Marinho Dourado, Aoki Carolina Godoi, Costa Alvimar José da
Departamento de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba - FOA, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo - UNESP, Araçatuba - SP, Brazil.
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2010 Apr-Jun;19(2):127-9. doi: 10.4322/rbpv.01902012.
This study had the purpose to compare the occurrence of Leishmania spp. in felines through two methods (cytological and serological), as well as to associate the occurrence of this protozoan with the sex, age and breed variables. Serum samples from 283 domestic felines were processed by means of Indirect Immunofluorescence Reaction (IIR), and the direct parasitological test for linfonodes was also carried out in order to verify positivity for Leishmania spp. Occurrence of 0.7% (2/283) was observed in the tested felines by means of linfonode imprinting and no animal showed title of antibodies for Leishmania spp. The two positive females were mongrel, a young female and an adult female feline. From the obtained results, no statistically significant difference was observed as regards the sex, breed and age variables in this research (p > 0.05). Occurrence of Leishmania spp. in the cats of this study was low. Such low incidence suggests that these hosts has no epidemiological relevance in the study area.
本研究旨在通过两种方法（细胞学和血清学）比较猫科动物中利什曼原虫属的发生率，并将这种原生动物的发生率与性别、年龄和品种变量相关联。对283只家养猫科动物的血清样本进行间接免疫荧光反应（IIR）处理，并对淋巴结进行直接寄生虫学检测，以验证利什曼原虫属的阳性情况。通过淋巴结印迹法在受试猫科动物中观察到发生率为0.7%（2/283），且没有动物显示出利什曼原虫属抗体阳性。两只阳性雌性为杂种猫，一只年轻雌性猫和一只成年雌性猫。从获得的结果来看，本研究中在性别、品种和年龄变量方面未观察到统计学上的显著差异（p>0.05）。本研究中猫科动物利什曼原虫属的发生率较低。如此低的发病率表明这些宿主在研究区域没有流行病学相关性。
