Seroepidemiology of Leishmania among Healthy Dogs in Bulgaria

Authors

ILIA TSACHEV
EMMANOUIL I. PAPADOGIANNAKIS
VASILIS KONTOS
ANDREI IVANOV
BORISLAVA CHAKAROVA
KRASIMIR STOJANCHEV
RAIKO PESHEV

Abstract

A seroepidemiological study of canine leishmaniasis was carried out in 220 healthy pet dogs from 11 different regions in Bulgaria allocated in 5 regions in southern Bulgaria: Plovdiv (n = 20), Stara Zagora (n = 20), Yambol (n = 20), Burgas (n = 20), and Blagoevgrad (n = 20), and 6 regions in northern Bulgaria: Varna (n = 20), Silistra (n = 20), Rousse (n = 20), Veliko Tarnovo (n = 20), Pleven (n = 20), and Montana (n = 20). The indirect fluorescent antibody test was used. All blood sera examined yielded negative results for leishmaniasis, thus suggesting that healthy household dogs in Bulgaria are not infected by Leishmania.

DOI

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Keywords

Dog, Leishmania, Bulgaria, IFA test

First Page

73

Last Page

74

Recommended Citation

TSACHEV, ILIA; PAPADOGIANNAKIS, EMMANOUIL I.; KONTOS, VASILIS; IVANOV, ANDREI; CHAKAROVA, BORISLAVA; STOJANCHEV, KRASIMIR; and PESHEV, RAIKO (2007) "Seroepidemiology of Leishmania among Healthy Dogs in Bulgaria," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 31: No. 1, Article 12. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol31/iss1/12