Table 1 Prevalence of Rickettsia detected in blood and tick samples collected from pet dogs in Harbin, China
Sample type | Species | No. tested (n) | No. positive (n / %) | Rickettsia species (n / %) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. raoultii | Ca. R. tarasevichiae | R. felis | ||||
Blood | Poodle | 124 | 11 / 8.9 | 7 / 5.6 | 1 / 0.8 | 3 / 2.4 |
Border Collie | 103 | 6 / 5.8 | 5 / 4.9 | 0 | 1 / 1.0 | |
Siberian Husky | 87 | 5 / 5.7 | 5 / 5.7 | 0 | 0 | |
Corgi | 56 | 6 / 10.7 | 3 / 5.4 | 0 | 3 / 5.4 | |
Bichon Frise | 48 | 4 / 8.3 | 3 / 6.3 | 0 | 1 / 2.1 | |
Labrador | 43 | 3 / 6.9 | 3 / 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chihuahua | 35 | 5 / 14.3 | 2 / 5.7 | 1 / 2.9 | 2 / 5.7 | |
Total | 496 | 40 / 8.0 | 28 / 5.6 | 2 / 0.4 | 10 / 2.0 | |
Tick | I. persulcatus | 256 | 35 / 13.7 | 25 / 9.8 | 10 / 4.0 | 0 |
H. concinna | 82 | 12 / 14.6 | 12 / 14.6 | 0 | 0 | |
D. silvarum | 5 | 1 / 20.0 | 1 / 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 343 | 48 / 14.0 | 38 / 11.1 | 10 / 2.9 | 0 | |