Parasite Prevalence in Feral Swine (Sus scrofa) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA.

Autor:	England JC; Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Room A233, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.; Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 987 McClellan Road, Vancouver, Washington 98661, USA., Wyrosdick HM; Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Room A233, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA., Baker EL; Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Room A233, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA., Stiver WH; Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 107 Park Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738, USA., Williamson RH; Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 107 Park Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738, USA., Gerhold RW; Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Room A233, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of wildlife diseases [J Wildl Dis] 2023 Jul 01; Vol. 59 (3), pp. 515-519.
DOI:	10.7589/JWD-D-22-00155
Abstrakt:	Feral swine (Sus scrofa) are an introduced species to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), US, and serve as carriers of several diseases that are considered a threat to other wildlife, domestic animals, and humans. During 2013 and 2015, fecal samples from 67 feral swine from the GSMNP within both Tennessee and North Carolina, US, were opportunistically collected as part of a feral swine removal program and submitted to the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, for parasite screening by centrifugal sugar flotation. Ten taxa from the phyla Acanthocephala, Apicomplexa, and Nematoda were identified: Ascaris spp., Strongylid-type spp., Capillaria spp., Trichuris suis, Metastrongylus spp., Macracanthorhynchus spp., Coccidia, Sarcocystis spp., and Cryptosporidium spp. In 98.5% of samples, at least one parasite was found. No differences in parasite prevalence or species diversity were noted based on state of collection (Tennessee or North Carolina), sex, or age. The high prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in these feral swine, some of which are zoonotic, represents a potential public health risk as well as a concern for free-range swine farmers. (© Wildlife Disease Association 2023.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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