%0 Journal Article %A DUAN Ran %A LIANG Jun-rong %A QIU Hai-yan %A TIAN Ke-cheng %A WANG Ming-liu %A WANG Xin %A XIAO Yu-chun %T The investigation for plague infection of the dogs used for food in southern China %D 2015 %R 10.11853/j.issn.1003.4692.2015.03.023 %J Chinese Journal of Vector Biology and Control %P 308-310 %V 26 %N 3 %X

Objective To survey plague infection of the dogs used for food among Guangxi and Guizhou provinces in southern China and to assess the risk of infection in humans by consuming dog meat. Methods Indirect hemagglutination test(IHA) was used to measure the specific F1 antibody titer. Results During the investigation from 2012-2014, 334 serum samples of the dogs used for food and 173 serum samples of the dogs lived in the farmhouse were collect in Guangxi and Guizhou, while 226 serum samples of shepherd dogs were collect in Gansu and Qinghai for contrast. The positive serums of F1 antibody were 25.71% and 18.18% among the samples of Gansu and Qinghai respectively. All the samples were negative in Guangxi and Guizhou. Conclusion The epidemic of plague has not been found in the dogs used for food among Guangxi and Guizhou provinces in southern China. The risk to contract plague from dogs processed as food is negligible.

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