Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế về bệnh thú y đề tài: Survey of Helicobacter infection in domestic and feral cats in Korea | J. Vet. Sci. 2009 10 1 67-72 DOI JOURNAL OF Veterinary Science Survey of Helicobacter infection in domestic and feral cats in Korea TT Z l 11 T TT 7 3 ri 1 1 m TT m 1 TT 7 -w 7 1 2 Z11 7 Heh-Myung Ghil Jong-Hyeon Yoo Woo-Sung Jung Tae-Ho Chung Hwa-Young Youn Cheol-Yong Hwang1 2 Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine and 2KRF Priority Zoonotic Disease Research Institute College of Veterinary Medicine Seoul National University Seoul 151-742 Korea 3BK21 Program of Integrative Network Systems for Veterinarians in Basic Science Industrial Animals and Preventive Medicine Konkuk University Seoul 143-701 Korea Discovery of Helicobacter H. pylori has led to a fundamental change in our understanding of gastric diseases in humans. Previous studies have found various Helicobacter spp. in dogs and cats and pets have been questioned as a zoonotic carrier. The present study surveyed the Helicobacter infections and investigated the presence of H. felis and H. pylori infections in domestic and feral cats in Korea. Sixty-four domestic cats and 101 feral cats were selected from an animal shelter. Saliva and feces were evaluated by Helicobacter genus-specific polymerase chain reaction PCR . Genus-specific PCR positive samples were further evaluated for H. felis and H. pylori using specific primer pairs. Thirty-six of 64 samples from domestic cats and 92 of 101 samples from feral cats were PCR positive the positive rate of feces samples was higher than that of saliva samples in both groups. H. felis and H. pylori species-specific PCR was uniformly negative. The prevalence of Helicobacter spp. in feral cats was approximately two-fold higher than that of domestic cats. The fecal-oral route may be more a common transmission route not only between cats but also in humans. Keywords cat Helicobacter prevalence zoonosis Introduction Since the discovery of Helicobacter H. pylori 28 gastritis has been studied from a whole new perspective. To date spiral .
