Publications

ocular signs of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis: a retrospective study in dogs from barcelona, spain.	canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (cme) is a tick-borne disease caused by the rickettsia ehrlichia canis. ocular lesions are a common feature of the disease and can be present in all stages. the purpose of this retrospective study was to determine the prevalence, type and response to treatment of ocular lesions associated with monocytic ehrlichiosis in 46 affected dogs presented to the autonomous university of barcelona-veterinary teaching hospital (uab-vth) from january 2000 to december 2002. dogs ...	2005	16359361
a serological study of exposure to arthropod-borne pathogens in dogs from northeastern spain.	there is limited information regarding the prevalence of many vector borne pathogens in europe and especially in spanish dogs. we investigated 206 sick and 260 clinically healthy dogs from three different regions in northeastern spain for antibodies to rickettsia conorii (rc), ehrlichia canis (ec), anaplasma phagocytophilum (ap), bartonella henselae (bh), bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii (bvb), leishmania infantum (li) and borrelia burgdorferi (bb) and for antigen of dirofilaria immitis (di ...	2006	16472522
vector-borne infections in cats: molecular study in barcelona area (spain).	previous serological surveys have reported the presence of different organisms in cats from spain but little reports exist about the exact identity of these organisms. the purpose of the study reported here was to assess the presence of dna of several vector-borne infections in a population of cats from barcelona area. one hundred blood samples obtained from cats admitted to the uab-vth were entered into the study and classified as healthy (n=48) or unhealthy (n=52). edta-blood samples were assa ...	2008	18079064
pcr survey of vectorborne pathogens in dogs living in and around barcelona, an area endemic for leishmaniasis.	blood samples from 153 dogs living in and around barcelona were assayed for leishmania infantum and ehrlichia, anaplasma, rickettsia, bartonella, hepatozoon, babesia and theileria species by pcr amplification of dna, and the amplicons obtained were sequenced. the prevalence of the infectious agents was l infantum (29.4 per cent), ehrlichia and anaplasma species (4.0 per cent), hepatozoon canis (3.3 per cent), babesia canis vogeli (2.0 per cent), babesia gibsoni (2.0 per cent), babesia canis cani ...	2009	19168881