Preliminary serological and molecular investigation of selected viral pathogens in Croatian cervid species
| Autor: | Terzić Svjetlana, Keros Tomislav, Jungić Andreja, Roić Besi, Ozimec Siniša, Bošković Ivica, Jemeršić Lorena, Prpić Jelena, Florijančić Tihomir |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
040301 veterinary sciences Veterinary medicine viruses Population serology Croatia deer livestock viral diseases medicine.disease_cause Virus Serology 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Capreolus Hepatitis E virus biology.animal parasitic diseases SF600-1100 medicine education education.field_of_study General Veterinary biology 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification Virology Enzootic Bovine Leukosis Bovine herpesvirus 1 croatia Roe deer 030104 developmental biology |
| Zdroj: | Acta Veterinaria, Vol 68, Iss 1, Pp 65-79 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1820-7448 |
| DOI: | 10.2478/acve-2018-0006 |
| Popis: | A total of 131 blood samples and 175 spleen samples were collected from three cervid species: roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), red deer (Cervus elaphus) and fallow deer (Dama dama) inhabiting the continental part of Croatia. Serum samples were tested for antibodies against bovine herpesvirus 1, parainfluenza-3 virus, bluetongue virus, bovine respiratory syncytial virus, hepatitis E virus, bovine viral diarrhoea virus and enzootic bovine leukosis virus. The tested sera were negative for bovine viral diarrhoea virus, enzootic bovine leukosis virus, bluetongue virus, bovine respiratory syncytial virus and hepatitis E virus antybodies. The antibody prevalence in roe deer and red deer samples was 21.11% for bovine herpesvirus 1 and 75.55% for parainfluenza-3 virus. Sera from bovine herpesvirus 1 positive animals were subsequenty tested with comparative virus neutralization test and bovine herpesvirus 1 neutralising antibodies were found in 18 (out of 19) sera. In fallow deer, no antibodies against any of the viral pathogens were detected. All spleen samples tested for bovine viral diarrhoea virus and enzootic bovine leukosis virus came back negative, except for one red deer spleen sample found to be weakly diarrhoea virus-positive. Our findings provide the first information on the exposure of Croatia-inhabiting cervid species to viral pathogens, and could serve as valuable baseline data for future investigations regarding deer exposure to various pathogens and the distribution of diseases shared between wildlife and livestock. As of now, the epidemiology of these viruses in the Croatian cervid population has been only poorly understood, so that further research is recommended. |
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