Prevalence of Ancylostoma braziliense in cats in three northern counties of Florida, United States

J Parasitol. 2012 Oct;98(5):1032-3. doi: 10.1645/GE-2930.1. Epub 2012 Mar 6.

Abstract

A convenience sampling of fecal specimens from 40 cats in northern Florida was examined for the presence of Ancylostoma braziliense eggs by using centrifugal sugar flotation and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Of the 40 samples, 26 (65%) contained hookworm eggs. DNA from 24 samples was successfully amplified using PCR; using RFLP, 10 samples were identified as containing DNA of A. braziliense (41.7% of the 24 samples that successfully amplified). Of these, 6 samples contained DNA of both Ancylostoma tubaeforme and A. braziliense, and 4 samples contained only DNA of A. braziliense. The remaining samples (n = 14) contained only the DNA of A. tubaeforme, except for 1 sample that had no discernible bands after RFLP.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ancylostoma / classification
  • Ancylostoma / genetics
  • Ancylostoma / isolation & purification*
  • Ancylostomiasis / epidemiology
  • Ancylostomiasis / veterinary*
  • Animals
  • Cat Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cat Diseases / parasitology
  • Cats
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Florida / epidemiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • Prevalence