Deer as a potential wildlife reservoir for Parachlamydia species
| Autor: | Andreas Pospischil, Nicole Borel, Nadine Regenscheit, Gilbert Greub, Sébastien Aeby, Nathalie Holzwarth |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich, Borel, Nicole |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Veterinary medicine Feces/microbiology 3400 General Veterinary Animal Structures/microbiology Feces Zoonosis Switzerland/epidemiology Seroepidemiologic Studies Prevalence Chlamydiales/isolation & purification Chlamydiaceae/isolation & purification Chlamydiaceae Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/microbiology Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary biology Disease Reservoirs/microbiology Chlamydiaceae Infections/veterinary Immunohistochemistry Roe deer Parachlamydia Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/epidemiology Immunohistochemistry/veterinary Female Livestock Conjunctiva Switzerland Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/veterinary Conjunctiva/microbiology 10184 Institute of Veterinary Pathology Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Chlamydiaceae Infections Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Hunting season Capreolus Species Specificity biology.animal medicine Animals Seroprevalence Chlamydiaceae Infections/microbiology Ecosystem Disease Reservoirs Chlamydiales General Veterinary Chlamydiaceae Infections/epidemiology business.industry Deer Animal Structures Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/veterinary biology.organism_classification medicine.disease 570 Life sciences Animal Science and Zoology 1103 Animal Science and Zoology Red deer Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections business |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Journal, vol. 193, no. 2, pp. 589-592 |
| DOI: | 10.5167/uzh-64707 |
| Popis: | Wildlife populations represent an important reservoir for emerging pathogens and trans-boundary livestock diseases. However, detailed information relating to the occurrence of endemic pathogens such as those of the order Chlamydiales in such populations is lacking. During the hunting season of 2008, 863 samples (including blood, conjunctival swabs, internal organs and faeces) were collected in the Eastern Swiss Alps from 99 free-living red deer (Cervus elaphus) and 64 free-living roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and tested using ELISA, PCR and immunohistochemistry for members of the family Chlamydiaceae and the genus Parachlamydia. Parachlamydia spp. were detected in the conjunctival swabs, faeces and internal organs of both species of deer (2.4% positive, with a further 29.5% inconclusive). The very low occurrence of Chlamydiaceae (2.5%) was in line with serological data (0.7% seroprevalence for Chlamydia abortus). Further investigations are required to elucidate the zoonotic potential, pathogenicity, and distribution of Parachlamydia spp. in wild ruminants. |
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