Seroprevalence of Chlamydophila felis antibodies in stray dometic short haired cats in a wet market in Barangay Batong Malake Los Baños, Laguna

Date

6-2015

Degree

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

College

College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Marco F. Reyes

Co-adviser

Marianne Leila S Flores

Abstract

Chlamydophilafelis is a potentially zoonotic organism transmitted by direct contact or aerosolized ocular and nasal secretions from infected cats. A total of 36 stray domestic shorthaired (DSH) cats from the wet market in Barangay BatongMalake, Los Baños Laguna, were tested for antibodies against Chlamydophilafelis(Cp. felis)using a dot-assay ELISA antibody test kit quantitatively interpreted using a digital scanning software. Six of the 36 (17%) of the animals tested wereconsidered positive with an antibody titer of <1:16.A higher prevalence was found in adults 5/18 (28%) compared to juveniles 1/18 (6%) and females 4/21 (19%) compared to males 2/15 (13%). These animals also exhibited ocular discharge, nasal discharge, intracellular inclusion bodies, neutrophilia and eosinophilia.Although none of the results were statistically significant, this study indicate that some of the stray cats in the study area had been exposed to Cp. felis that could serve as potential source of infection for other cats and more importantly for humans.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2015 V4 R49

Document Type

Thesis

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