Title:	Piroplasmid infection is not associated with clinicopathological and laboratory abnormalities in cats from midwestern Brazil
Authors:	Oliveira, Camila Manoel de Yang, Sharon Duarte, Matheus Almeida Figueiredo, Daniela Maciel Batista, Liliane Maria do Rosario Marr, Henry Pimentel, Concepta Margaret McManus André, Marcos Rogério Birkenheuer, Adam Joseph Paludo, Giane Regina
metadata.dc.identifier.orcid:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9996-7398 https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9246-3529 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1106-8962 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1713-5222 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2617-2252 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9112-1718
metadata.dc.contributor.affiliation:	Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Laboratório de Patologia Clínica Veterinária North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Laboratório de Patologia Clínica Veterinária Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Laboratório de Patologia Clínica Veterinária Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Laboratório de Patologia Clínica Veterinária North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Departamento de Patologia Veterinária, Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Laboratório de Patologia Clínica Veterinária
Assunto::	Piroplasmídeos Bioquímica Hematologia Felinos
Issue Date:	Sep-2022
Publisher:	Springer Nature
Citation:	OLIVEIRA, Camila Manoel de. Piroplasmid infection is not associated with clinicopathological and laboratory abnormalities in cats from midwestern Brazil. Parasitology Research, Berlim, v. 121, p. 2561–2570, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07602-8. Disponível em: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-022-07602-8. Acesso em: 06 jun. 2025.
Abstract:	Feline piroplasmids include the genera Babesia spp., Cytauxzoon spp., and Theileria spp. In Brazil, there are few reports regarding these hemoprotozoans; however, clinicopathological and molecular data are scarce. This study aimed to characterize the clinical relevance of these parasites through hematological, biochemical, and molecular approaches. For this purpose, 166 cats from Brasilia, Federal District, Midwestern Brazil, were screened using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) for piroplasmids based on the LSU4 mitochondrial gene, which resulted in an overall prevalence of 36/166 (21.7%). Twelve of 166 samples (7.2%) were positive for C. felis, while 19/166 (11.4%) were positive for Babesia vogeli. No samples tested positive for Theileria spp. Babesia vogeli and Cytauxzoon spp. LSU4 sequences showed identities of 97–100% and 99.3%, respectively, to US isolates. The hematological and biochemical fndings did not difer signifcantly between the cats that tested positive and negative for piroplasmids. Although the lack of abnormalities in clinical and laboratory parameters does not eliminate the possibility that these cats were sick and recovered, it may suggest that the Brazilian strain of Cytauxzoon spp. is not as pathogenic as that from the USA, despite the high molecular identity with North American isolates.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária (FAV) Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (IB) Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas (IB CFS)
metadata.dc.description.ppg:	Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Animais
Licença::	© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022.
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07602-8
metadata.dc.relation.publisherversion:	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-022-07602-8
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