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Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in Dogs in Shenyang, Northeastern China

  • Liu, Chengwu (Shenyang Police Dog Technical College) ;
  • Yang, Na (College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University) ;
  • He, Jianbin (College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University) ;
  • Yang, Min (Shenyang Police Dog Technical College) ;
  • Sun, Ming (Shenyang Police Dog Technical College)
  • Received : 2012.11.19
  • Accepted : 2013.03.31
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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Abstract

In the present study, we first report the seroprevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs in Shenyang, northeastern China. Sera from 528 randomly selected dogs were examined for D. immitis antigen using SNAP$^{(R)}$4Dx test kit; 12.7% tested showed seropositive. No significant difference of infection was observed in different genders and breeds (P>0.05), but the difference was significant in different age groups and rearing conditions (P<0.05). The result suggested that the risk of exposure to D. immitis in dogs is high in Shenyang, and should be given attention.

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