Seroprevalence of Dirofilaria immitis,Ehrlichia canis and Borrelia burgdorferi in dogs in Iǧdi{dotless}r Province,Turkey [Iǧdi{dotless}r yöresinde köpeklerde dirofilaria immitis,ehrlichia canis ve borrelia burgdorferi'nin seroprevalansi{dotless}ni{dotless}n araşti{dotless}ri{dotless}lmasi{dotless}]

In this study,by using a snap3dx test kit,100 dogs sera were examined. dirofilaria immitis infection was detected in 40 dogs (40%) and ehrlichia canis antibodies were present in just 1 dog (1%),borrelia burgdorferi antibodies were not detected in the test. twenty-two of dogs (22%) are infested with ticks. a total of 42 ticks,9 of female and 33 of male,were collected from dogs. ticks collected from dogs were r. sanguineus 76.2% (32/42) and 23.8% of them (10/42) were rhipicephalus spp. considering the prevalence of potential vectors (mosquitoes and ticks),it is concluded that dirofilariosis and ehrlichiosis cases are often encountered in iǧdi{dotless}r province.