Molecular assessment of the transplacental transmission of Toxoplasma gondii , Neospora caninum , Brucella canis and Ehrlichia canis in dogs

• Published in: Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases Vol. 49; pp. 47 - 50
• Main Authors: Taques, Isis Indaiara Gonçalves Granjeiro, Barbosa, Tatiane Rodrigues, Martini, Andresa de Cássia, Pitchenin, Letícia Camara, Braga, Ísis Assis, Melo, Andréia Lima Tomé de, Nakazato, Luciano, Dutra, Valéria, Aguiar, Daniel Moura de
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2016; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Allergy and Immunology; Animals; Bacteria; Brucella canis - genetics; Brucella canis - isolation & purification; Brucellosis - microbiology; Brucellosis - transmission; Cams; Coccidiosis - microbiology; Coccidiosis - transmission; Dog Diseases - microbiology; Dog Diseases - parasitology; Dog Diseases - transmission; Dogs; Ehrlichia canis; Ehrlichia canis - genetics; Ehrlichia canis - isolation & purification; Ehrlichiosis - microbiology; Ehrlichiosis - transmission; Epidemiology; Female; Infectious Disease; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - veterinary; Microorganisms; Molecular chains; Neospora - genetics; Neospora - isolation & purification; Neospora caninum; Parasites; Placenta - microbiology; Placenta - parasitology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - microbiology; Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - parasitology; Pregnant bitch; Protozoa; Stillbirth; Stillbirth - veterinary; Toxoplasma - genetics; Toxoplasma - isolation & purification; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis, Animal - parasitology; Toxoplasmosis, Animal - transmission; stillbirth; pregnant bitch; bacteria; protozoa; Protozoa; Bacteria; Pregnant bitch; Stillbirth
• ISSN: 0147-9571; 1878-1667
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2016.09.002

Highlights • Multiple species of pathogens responsible for reproductive failures have found in a canine population of bitches and their stillborn puppies in Brazil. • Toxoplasma gondii was the most common pathogen responsible for the transplacental transmission to puppies followed by Brucella canis and Neospora caninum. • Transplacental transmission of Ehrlichia canis was not observed in puppies despite acute or chronic infection detected in the bitches.