Bacteria in the blood of healthy stray dogs infested by ticks in northern Mexico

Authors

  • Fernando Mejía García Laboratorio de Bioindicadores, Centro de Investigación y Jardín Etnobiológico, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Viesca, Coahuila, México
  • Sergio Iván Barraza Guerrero Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro. Torreón, Coahuila, México
  • Cristina García De la Peña Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico
  • David Ramiro Aguillón Gutiérrez Laboratorio de Bioindicadores, Centro de Investigación y Jardín Etnobiológico, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Viesca, Coahuila, México
  • Quetzaly Karmy Siller Rodríguez Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico
  • César Alberto Meza Herrera Unidad Regional Universitaria de Zonas Áridas, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Bermejillo, Mexico
  • Felipe Vaca Paniagua Laboratorio Nacional en Salud: Diagnóstico Molecular y Efecto Ambiental en Enfermedades Crónico-Degenerativas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlalnepantla, Mexico
  • Clara Diaz Velásquez Laboratorio Nacional en Salud: Diagnóstico Molecular y Efecto Ambiental en Enfermedades Crónico-Degenerativas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlalnepantla, Mexico
  • Aldo De la Cruz Montoya Laboratorio Nacional en Salud: Diagnóstico Molecular y Efecto Ambiental en Enfermedades Crónico-Degenerativas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlalnepantla, Mexico
  • Luis Manuel Valenzuela Núñez Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico

Keywords:

Bacteria; blood; healthy; stray dogs; ticks.

Abstract

Objective: The objectives of this study were to determine the richness, abundance, and diversity of bacteria in stray dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) infested by ticks in Comarca Lagunera, northern Mexico, and to establish their pathogenic and or/zoonotic potential. Materials and Methods: Blood samples from 12 dogs were collected, and their deoxyribonucleic acid was extracted. The V3-V4 region of the 16S ribosomal ribunocleic acid gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) was performed on a MiSeq Illumina platform, and the data were analyzed using quantitative insights into microbial ecology. Results: The operational taxonomic units resulted in 23 phyla, 54 classes, 89 orders, 189 families, 586 genera, and 620 bacterial species; among them, 64 species and/or bacterial genera with pathogenic or zoonotic potential were identified, some of which have been reported in the literature as relevant to public health (Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Brucella spp., Clostridium spp., Corynebacterium affermentants, Cutibacterium spp., Dietzia spp., Ehrlichia canis, Fusobacterium necrophorum, Leptotrichia spp., Mycobacterium spp., Paracoccus spp., and Roseomonas gilardii). Conclusion: This research offers relevant information on the prevalence of tick-borne diseases as well as other potential zoonotic diseases in the blood of stray dogs parasitized by ticks in northern Mexico. New molecular biology and massive NGS techniques may play an important role in the study and documentation of bacterial profiles from animals in close proximity to humans.

Adv. Vet. Anim. Res., 11(1): 132-138, March 2024 

http://doi.org/10.5455/javar.2024.k757

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2024-03-31

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García, F. M., Guerrero, S. I. B., Peña, C. G. D. la, Gutiérrez, D. R. A., Rodríguez, Q. K. S., Meza Herrera, C. A., Paniagua, F. V., Velásquez, C. D., Montoya, A. D. la C., & Núñez, L. M. V. (2024). Bacteria in the blood of healthy stray dogs infested by ticks in northern Mexico. Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 11(1), 132–138. Retrieved from https://banglajol.info/index.php/JAVAR/article/view/75989

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2024)

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