Table 1.
Seroprevalence of selected arthropod-borne pathogens in hunting dogs from Korea as detected by a commercial screening test
| Dogs examined (%) | Number(%) of positive dogs by SNAP 4Dx test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Di Ag | Ap Ab | Ec Ab | Bb Ab | Total* | ||
| Gender | Female | 84(36.7) | 23(27.4) | 13(15.5) | 3(3.6) | 2(2.4) | 33(39.3) |
| Male | 145(63.3) | 28(19.3) | 30(20.7) | 11(7.6) | 3(2.1) | 60(41.4) | |
| Age(year) | <2 | 50(21.8) | 4(8.0) | 5(10.0) | 3(6.0) | 0(0.0) | 12(24.0) |
| >= 2 | 179(78.2) | 47(26.3) | 38(21.2) | 11(6.1) | 5(2.8) | 81(45.3) | |
| Geographical origin | Beolgyo | 32(14.0) | 7(21.9) | 6(18.8) | 4(12.5) | 2(6.3) | 14(43.8) |
| Gwangyang | 65(28.4) | 18(27.7) | 7(10.8) | 3(4.6) | 0(0.0) | 27(41.5) | |
| Suncheon | 26(11.4) | 2(7.7) | 7(26.9) | 4(15.4) | 1(3.8) | 12(46.2) | |
| Asan | 106(46.3) | 24(22.6) | 23(21.7) | 3(2.8) | 2(1.9) | 40(37.7) | |
| Total | 229(100.0) | 51(22.3) | 43(18.8) | 14(6.1) | 5(2.2) | 93(40.6) | |
*Number of positive dogs by any of the four test results by SNAP 4Dx test
Di Ag, Dirofilaria immitis antigen; Ap Ab, Anaplasma phagocytophilum antibody; Ec Ab, Ehrlichia canis antibody; Bb Ab, Borrelia burgdorferi antibody