Abstract

UCHUYA, Noelia Medrano; MORALES-CAUTI, Siever  and  GOMEZ-PUERTA, Luis A.. Presence of Bartonella spp in non-hematophagous bats in the Taricaya Ecological Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. Rev. investig. vet. Perú [online]. 2022, vol.33, n.4, e23343.  Epub Aug 31, 2022. ISSN 1609-9117.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v33i4.23343.

The aim of this study was to determine the presence of Bartonella spp in non- hematophagous bats in the Taricaya Ecological Reserve in Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios. In total, 62 bats of 16 species were captured using fog nets on 13 non-consecutive new moon nights. Blood samples (30 µl) were collected from the cephalic vein and poured onto Whatman FTA cards. DNA was extracted with a commercial kit and the diagnosis of Bartonella spp was made using the PCR technique, partially amplifying the citrate- synthase gene (gltA). Six bats were positive for the presence of Bartonella spp (9.68%), belonging to the species Carollia perspicillata, Artibeus lituratus, Phyllostomus elongatus and Platyrrhinus infuscus. The most abundant classification group according to the type of feeding was frugivorous (77.4%; 48/62), followed by omnivorous (12.9%; 8/62), where frugivorous species showed 83.3% (5/6) of results. positives. This is the first finding of Bartonella spp in A. lituratus, P. elongatus and P. infuscus.

Keywords : Bartonella spp; bats; bartonellosis; chiroptera.

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