Table 1.
Measurements of B.malayi microfilaria from the current survey compared with B.malayi, B.pahangi and B.ceylonensis from scientific literature a.
Fig 1.
CP- Cephalic space IN.K.- Innen-korper T.N.- Terminal nuclei.
Fig 2.
Microfilaria of D.(N.) repens.
AE—Anterior end with two distinct nuclei IN.K.—Innen- korper.
Fig 3.
Gel electrophoresis of PCR products following amplification with panfilarial primers.
A. Lanes 1 and 10–50 bp DNA marker, 2- Dog DNA, 3- Cat DNA, 4 –B. malayi positive control, 5 –D. repens positive control, 6—Co-infection B.malayi and D.repens 7- Mono-infection D.repens, 8 –Mono-infection B.malayi (6 to 8 Dog, Madampe), 9- Negative control, 11—Mono-infection D.repens and 12—Mono-infection B.malayi (11 and 12 Cat, Madampe). B. Lanes 1 and 10–50 bp DNA marker, 2 and 4—Mono-infection B.malayi, 3—Mono-infection D.repens (2 to 4 Dog, Wattala), 5 and 6 –Mono-infection B.malayi (Cat, Wattala), 7 and 8 –Co-infection B.malayi and D.repens dog and cat respectively (Weliweriya), 9- Negative control.
Table 2.
Prevalence of microfilaraemia among dogs and cats based on Giemsa stained thick blood smears.
Table 3.
Comparison of area-wise prevalence of microfilaraemia among cats and dogs.