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Urban landscape and infection risk in free-roaming cats

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dc.contributor.authorFanelli, A.
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, J.
dc.contributor.authorSerrano, E.
dc.contributor.authorDomenech, G.
dc.contributor.authorAlonso, F.
dc.contributor.authorMartinez-Carrasco, C.
dc.contributor.authorGonzález Candela, M.
dc.contributor.departmentSanidad Animal
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Biology & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
dc.contributor.departmentWildlife Ecology & Health group (WE&H) and Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge (SEFaS), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Food Technology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-30T08:24:54Z
dc.date.available2024-01-30T08:24:54Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-07
dc.description© 2022 The Authors. Zoonoses and Public Health published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Zoonoses and Public Health. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12919
dc.description.abstractDespite public concern on the role of free-roaming cats as reservoirs of zoonotic agents, little is known about the influence of urban and peri-urban landscapes on the exposure risk. We evaluated the seroprevalence of three zoonotic agents (Chlamydia felis, Coxiella burnetii and Toxoplasma gondii) in domestic cats (Felis catus). Two hundred and ninety-one free-roaming cats were trapped in Murcia municipality (Southeast Spain), and their sera were tested for specific antibodies against T. gondii using a modified agglutination test (MAT), and for C. felis, C. burnetii and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) antibodies with ELISA technique. Pathogen seroprevalence at 95% CI was calculated for each sex and age category (up to and over 12 months) and compared with a chi-squared test. The role of human population density and urban landscape characteristics on the risk of pathogen exposure in the cat population was explored using generalized linear models. Seropositivity against a single pathogen was found in 60% of the cats, while 19% was seropositive for two or three pathogens. Seroprevalence of C. felis was 8% (CI95%: 5–11), 37% (CI95%: 31–42) for C. burnetii and 42% (CI95%: 36–47) for T. gondii. In addition to these three pathogens, FIV seropositivity was low (1%, CI95%: −0.1 to 2) and adult cats were more likely to be seropositive to C. burnetii than young individuals (OR: 2.3, CI95%: 1.2–4.2). No sex or age class differences in seroprevalence were observed for the rest of the pathogens. Seropositivity was correlated with water surface areas for C. felis, and not with crop areas. Coxiella burnetii seropositivity was correlated with the percentage of urban areas (continuous with only buildings and discontinuous, that include buildings, parks, and pedestrian and urban green areas), human population size and peri-urban areas with shrubs, and not correlated with other agricultural landscapes (orchards and crop areas). However, the seroprevalence of T. gondii was only associated with agricultural landscapes such as orchards. The detection of hotspot areas of high pathogen exposure risk is the basis for municipal services to implement surveillance and risk factor control campaigns in specific-risk areas, including (a) efficient health management of urban cat colonies by geographical location, population census and health status monitoring of the components of each cat colony, (b) improvement of hygiene and sanitary conditions at the feeding points of the cat colony and (c) free-roaming cat trapping for health monitoring and, in the long term, to know the evolution of the health status of their populations.es
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12919
dc.identifier.eisbnZoonoses and Public Health 69 (4): 295-311, 2022es
dc.identifier.issnPrint: 1863-1959
dc.identifier.issnElectronic: 1863-2378
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/138065
dc.languageenges
dc.publisherWileyes
dc.relationSpanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN), Grant/Award Number: RYC-2016- 21120; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Grant/ Award Number: CEECIND/01428/2018; CESAM, Grant/Award Number: UID/ AMB/50017/2019; FEDERes
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dc.subjectChlamydia felises
dc.subjectCoxiella burnetiies
dc.subjectFree-roaming cates
dc.subjectGeo-epidemiologyes
dc.subjectLandscapees
dc.subjectUrbanizationes
dc.subjectRural areaes
dc.subjectToxoplasma gondiies
dc.subject.otherCDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::57 - Biología::574 - Ecología general y biodiversidades
dc.subject.otherCDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::57 - Biología::579 - Microbiologíaes
dc.titleUrban landscape and infection risk in free-roaming catses
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