Zoonotic Vectorborne Pathogens and Ectoparasites of Dogs and Cats in Eastern and Southeast Asia
Vito Colella
, Viet L. Nguyen, Do Y. Tan, Na Lu, Fang Fang, Yin Zhijuan, Jiangwei Wang, Xin Liu, Xinghui Chen, Junyan Dong, Wisnu Nurcahyo, Upik K. Hadi, Virginia Venturina, Kenneth B.Y. Tong, Yi-Lun Tsai, Piyanan Taweethavonsawat, Saruda Tiwananthagorn, Thong Q. Le, Khanh L. Bui, Malaika Watanabe, Puteri A.M.A. Rani, Giada Annoscia, Frédéric Beugnet, Domenico Otranto, and Lénaïg Halos
Author affiliations: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (V. Colella); University of Bari, Bari, Italy (V. Colella, V.L. Nguyen, G. Annoscia, D. Otranto); Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Lyon, France (D.Y. Tan, Na Lu, F. Beugnet, L. Halos); Guangxi University, Nanning, China (F. Fang); KangBao Pet Hospital, Guilin, China (Y. Zhijuan); Sapphire Veterinary Hospital, Shanghai, China (J. Wang); Meilianzhonghe Veterinary Referral Center, Beijing, China (X. Liu); Chongyisheng Veterinary Hospital, Chengdu, China (X. Chen); Nanjing Police Dog Research Institute, Nanjing, China (J. Dong); Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakata, Indonesia (W. Nurcahyo); Bogor University Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia (U.K. Hadi); Central Luzon State University, Nueva Ecija, Philippines (V. Venturina); Animal & Avian Veterinary Clinic, Yishun, Singapore (K.B.Y. Tong); National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan (Y.L. Tsai); Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (P. Taweethavonsawat); Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand (S. Tiwananthagorn); Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (T.Q. Le); Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam (K.L. Bui); University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia (M. Watanabe, P.A.M.A. Rani)
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Figure 3. Morphologic characteristics of fleas collected from dogs and cats in study of ectoparasites and vectorborne zoonotic pathogens of dogs and cats in Asia, 2017–2018. A) Ctenocephalides felis male flea head; B) C. felis female flea head showing acute anterior margin; C) C. canis male flea; D) Ctenocephalides orientis male flea; E) C. orientis female flea; F) Xenopsylla cheopis male flea with strongly rounded anterior margin and absence of ctenidia; G) C. felis flea with 6 setae-bearing notches (arrows) on the dorsal margin of the hind tibia; H) C. orientis flea with 7 setae-bearing notches; I) C. canis flea with 8 setae-bearing notches; J) C. felis flea with 2 setae on the lateral metonotal area (arrows); K) C. orientis flea with 2 setae; L) C. canis fleas with 3 setae. Scale bars indicate 200 μm.
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