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4 p, 85.5 KB Serum acute phase proteins in Dirofilaria immitis and Wolbachia seropositive cats / Silvestre-Ferreira, Ana C. (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Department of Veterinary Sciences) ; Vieira, Lisete (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Department of Veterinary Sciences) ; Vilhena, Hugo (Universidade Vasco da Gama. Department of Veterinary Medicine) ; Cerón, José Joaquín (Universidad de Murcia. Interlab-UMU) ; Tvarijonaviciute, Asta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Pastor Milán, Josep (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Montoya Alonso, J. A. (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences) ; Carretón, Elena (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Objectives The aim of this study was to characterise the response of acute phase proteins (APPs) in cats seropositive for Dirofilaria immitis and to its endosymbiont bacterium Wolbachia.
Methods The APPs serum amyloid A (SAA), haptoglobin (Hp) and ceruloplasmin (Cp) were measured in 25 seropositive cats and in 16 healthy seronegative cats.
Results SAA and Cp concentrations were significantly higher in animals with D immitis seropositivity that exhibited clinical signs related to the disease, and Hp was elevated in all D immitis-seropositive animals. [...]
Conclusions and relevance An association between feline seropositivity to D immitis and APP response was demonstrated. Increases in serum SAA and Cp concentrations were related to D immitis-associated clinical signs, whereas Hp increased in all seropositive animals.

2017 - 10.1177/1098612X15625435
Journal of feline medicine and surgery, Vol. 19 Núm. 6 (2017) , p. 693-696  
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6 p, 182.7 KB Feline vector-borne pathogens in the north and centre of Portugal / Vilhena, Hugo (Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama. Department of Veterinary Medicine (Coimbra, Portugal)) ; Martinez Díaz, Verónica L. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ; Cardoso, Luís (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Department of Veterinary Sciences (Vila Real, Portugal)) ; Vieira, Lisete (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Department of Veterinary Sciences (Vila Real, Portugal)) ; Altet Sanahujes, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ; Francino, Olga (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ; Pastor Milán, Josep (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Silvestre-Ferreira, Ana C. (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Department of Veterinary Sciences (Vila Real, Portugal))
Background: In recent years, several clinical cases and epidemiological studies of feline vector-borne diseases (FVBD) have been reported worldwide. Nonetheless, information on FVBD agents and their prevalence in Portugal is scarce. [...]
2013 - 10.1186/1756-3305-6-99
Parasites & vectors, Vol. 6, N. 99 (April 2013) , p. 1-6  

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