Seroepidemiology of Leishmania among Healthy Dogs in Bulgaria

Authors

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

DOI

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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.

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