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. 2021 Jul;7(4):1159-1165.
doi: 10.1002/vms3.451. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

Molecular surveillance of tick-borne diseases affecting horses in Poland-Own observations

Oliwier Teodorowski  1 , Marcin Kalinowski  1 , Dagmara Winiarczyk  2 , Radosław Janecki  1 , Stanisław Winiarczyk  1 , Łukasz Adaszek  1
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Molecular surveillance of tick-borne diseases affecting horses in Poland-Own observations

Oliwier Teodorowski et al. Vet Med Sci. 2021 Jul.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to carry out the molecular surveillance of piroplasmosis, granulocytic anaplasmosis and lyme borreliosis in horses which originated from Poland and exhibited symptoms raising the suspicion of the aforementioned disease units. The presence of Theileria equi genetic material was detected in 37 out of 512 examined horses (7.2%), and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in 9 (1.8%). The DNA of Borrelia burgdorferi was found in 11 out of 204 examined horses (5.4%). The above-cited results indicate that the problem of tick-borne diseases affecting horses in Poland is not as significant as in other parts of Europe, however they have to be considered in differential diagnosis of the diseases with lethargy, fever, anaemia and thrombocytopenia.

Keywords: PCR; horse; tick-borne diseases.

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