РАСПРОСТРАНЕННОСТЬ РАЗЛИЧНЫХ ПАТОГЕНОВ СРЕДИ ЖИВОТНЫХ- КОМПАНЬОНОВ В МОСКВЕ И МОСКОВСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ

Abstract

Infectious diseases play a leading role in the human pathology and mortality as before. Infectious diseases
associated with the steady and close contact with animal-companions are significant. Ten-years monitoring
of the most spreading pathogenes in the materials from domestic animals (basically cats and dogs) was
carried out. Totally 4103 animals observed for different reasons in veterinary clinics were investigated. The
following methods were used: direct and indirect immunofluorescence test, cultivation of microorganisms,
polymerase chain reaction, direct electron microscopic indication of viral pathogenes The prevalence of various
pathogenes was as follow: 30% of cats and 4% of dogs were infected by Toxoplasmes; 8,3% of dogs by
Borrelia; 33,3% of dogs and 20,3% of cats by Mycoplasmes; 19,3% of cats by Bartonella; 40,0% of cats and
37,6% of dogs by Chlamydia; 57,2% of observed animals, by various viruses (adeno-, parvo-, calici-, herpes-
, reo-, myxo- and paramyxo-, coronaviruses and canine distemper virus). Among the last animal group the
mixt viral infections were very significant (31,3% of dogs and 21,3% of cats). Moreover, some animal viral
infections were associated with helmintic and protozoan invasions with addition of the significant diversity
of microbial intestinal community. Now the participation of animal - companions pathogenes in the host infectious
pathology is moderate, but it is necessary to consider that the true level of the prevalence of infectious
agents is substantially higher in comparison with registered. Moreover in connection with the import
into Russia of new animal - companions races and species it is possible to expect the raise of the level of infectious
diseases caused by agents none traditional for our country.