Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog exposure to tickborne diseases in rural north-coastal California
By Foley, J E et al.·Published in The Veterinary record·2007·Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Spatial analysis of the exposure of dogs in rural north-coastal California to vectorborne pathogens.
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Plain-English summary
In rural northern California, some dogs were found to be exposed to tick-borne diseases, with up to 50% testing positive for Anaplasma and Bartonella, and up to 10% for Lyme disease (Borrelia). The study showed that certain villages, especially those at higher altitudes and further from the coast, had a higher number of infected dogs. Interestingly, factors like the dog's sex, outdoor sleeping habits, and use of tick prevention did not seem to affect the likelihood of exposure. This highlights the importance of regular tick prevention measures for dogs living in these areas.
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Abstract
Between 0 and 50 per cent of the dogs in eight rural villages in far northern California with a high risk of tickborne diseases were seropositive for Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Bartonella vinsonii subspecies berkhoffii, and between 0 and 10 per cent were seropositive for Borrelia burgdorferi. The odds ratio for the co-exposure of individual dogs to B vinsonii berkhoffii and A phagocytophilum was 18.2. None of the diseases was associated with the sex of the dogs, whether they slept out of doors, or whether tick-preventive measures were taken. When the villages were assessed for landscape risk factors, a particularly high seroprevalence for B vinsonii berkhoffii and A phagocytophilum was observed in a village at a relatively high altitude and greater distance from the Pacific coast, and montane hardwood conifer woodland was most associated with a high seroprevalence for these two pathogens.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17993656/