The occurrence of taeniids of wolves in Liguria (northern Italy)
| Autor: | Fabio Macchioni, Matteo Serafini, Marta Magi, Maria Teresa Armua-Fernandez, Peter Deplazes, Francesca Gori, Pietro Milanesi |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich, Macchioni, Fabio |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
10078 Institute of Parasitology
Liguria-Italy Veterinary medicine 2405 Parasitology 610 Medicine & health Liguria 12S nad 1 Canis lupus italicus 600 Technology parasitic diseases lcsh:Zoology Parasite transmission lcsh:QL1-991 Echinococcus granulosus Taenia hydatigena Taenia crassiceps biology Brief Report Nad 1 PCR Infectious Diseases Parasitology Animal Science and Zoology 2725 Infectious Diseases biology.organism_classification Northern italy Canis Italy 570 Life sciences Taenia 1103 Animal Science and Zoology Echinococcus species |
| Zdroj: | International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 252-255 (2015) International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife |
| ISSN: | 2213-2244 |
| Popis: | Highlights • Wolves are considered as definitive hosts for Echinococcus granulosus in Liguria, Italy. • Scats were examinated and taeniid eggs isolated. • Molecular species identification was performed through PCR analysis and sequencing. • Taeniid species diagnosed document domestic, semi-domestic and wildlife cycles. Graphical Abstract Canids are definitive hosts of Taenia and Echinococcus species, which infect a variety of mammals as intermediate or accidental hosts including humans. Parasite transmission is based on domestic, semi-domestic and wildlife cycles; however, little is known of the epidemiological significance of wild large definitive hosts such as the wolf. In this study, 179 scats of wolves (Canis lupus italicus) collected throughout the Italian region of Liguria were analyzed for the detection of taeniid infection. Taeniid egg isolation was performed using a sieving/flotation technique, and the species level was identified by PCR (gene target: 12S rRNA and nad 1) followed by sequence analyses. Based on sequence homologies of ≥99%, Taenia hydatigena was identified in 19.6%, Taenia krabbei in 4.5%, Taenia ovis in 2.2%, Taenia crassiceps in 0.6%, Hydatigera taeniaeformis in 0.6% and Echinococcus granulosus in 5.6% of the samples. According to these results, Canis lupus italicus can be considered as involved in the wild (including cervids and rodents) and semi-domestic cycles (including sheep and goats) of taeniids in this area. |
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