著者

猪熊 壽 田井 貴子 市川 康明 INOKUMA Hisashi TAI Takako ICHIKAWA Yasuaki

出版者

日本獣医師会

雑誌

日本獣医師会雑誌

巻号頁・発行日

vol.65, no.4, pp.293-298, 2012

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全国47都道府県の小動物診療施設を対象に2009年(09年)と2010年(10年)の犬Babesia gibsoni感染症発生状況に関するアンケート調査を実施した.9,513施設か6,746 の回答が得られ(回収率70.9 %),うち859施設(12.7 %)が本症を経験していた.確定症例数は09年3,802,10年3,625で,うち東日本では09年87,10年75であった.栃木,茨城,群馬,埼玉,東京,長野の関東以北6都県では,西日本への移動又は旅行歴のない,闘犬以外の品種9頭に確定症例が認められ,関東以北でのB. gibsoni自然感染が示唆された.西日本では769 施設で09年3,715,10年3,550の確定症例があり,特に香川,熊本,徳島,山口,福岡,宮崎,兵庫各県で,年間200を超える症例が報告された.A nationwide questionnaire was conducted on the prevalence of the Babesia gibsoni infection in dogs in 2009 and 2010. The questionnaire was sent to 9,513 animal hospitals in all 47 prefectures, and 6,746 answers (70.9%) were received. Among the respondents, 859 animal hospitals (12.7%) have diagnosed B. gibsoni infection indogs. The numbers of patients were 3,802 and 3,625 in 2009 and 2010, respectively. In Eastern Japan, a total of 89 animal hospitals diagnosed 87 patients infected with B. gibsoni in 2009 and 75 infected in 2010. Nine clinical cases of B. gibsoni infection were confirmed in nonhfighting dogs without travel histories in Western Japan, in Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Saitama, Tokyo, and Nagano prefectures. It is suggested that natural infection withB. gibsoni would have occurred in Eastern Japan. In Western Japan, a total of 769 animal hospitals diagnosed3,715 and 3,550 patients infected with B. gibsoni in 2009 and 2010, respectively. In particular, more than 200 confirmed clinical cases per year were reported from Kagawa, Kumamoto, Tokushima, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka,Miyazaki and Hyogo prefectures.http://nichiju.lin.gr.jp/mag/06504/index.html