Rickettsia aeschlimannii and wolbachia endosymbiont in ctenocephalides canis from eurasian lynx (lynx lynx) near the china-kazakhstan border

Twenty-five dog fleas (Ctenocephalides canis) and five ticks identified as Hyalomma asiaticum were collected from a Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) pup in northwestern China. Molecular analyses of four genetic markers showed the presence of Rickettsia aeschlimannii DNA in 5 out of 20 fleas. Only rickettsi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi
Main Authors: Gang LIU, Shuo ZHAO, Sándor HORNOK, Meihua YANG, Wurelihazi HAZIHAN, Xinli GU, Yuanzhi WANG
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Kafkas University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 2020
Subjects:
eurasian lynx
ctenocephalides canis
hyalomma asiaticum
rickettsia aeschlimannii
wolbachia endosymbiont
Veterinary medicine
SF600-1100
Lynx
Lynx lynx lynx
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.9775/kvfd.2020.24080
https://doaj.org/article/942e8b8a000d4bed8f89823a7c257eec
Description
Summary:Twenty-five dog fleas (Ctenocephalides canis) and five ticks identified as Hyalomma asiaticum were collected from a Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) pup in northwestern China. Molecular analyses of four genetic markers showed the presence of Rickettsia aeschlimannii DNA in 5 out of 20 fleas. Only rickettsial 17-kDa gene was detected in the blood sample of the lynx. In addition, 2 out of 20 fleas were positive to Wolbachia endosymbiont by targeting 16S rDNA while there was no Bartonella DNA found both in 5 ticks and 20 fleas by using gltA and 16S-23S ITS. Our findings suggest that i) C. canis parasitizing wild Eurasian lynx harbors R. aeschlimannii and Wolbachia endosymbiont in the China-Kazakhstan border, and ii) Wolbachia endosymbiont in present study is closer to that in C. canis infesting sheltered dogs in Turkey.

Similar Items