Wild ruminants in the area of the North-Western Poland as potential reservoir hosts of Bartonella schoenbuchensis and B.bovis

• Autorzy: Adamska M
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this work was to examine if the game species from the north-western Poland, roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), red deer (Cervus elaphus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa), may be reservoir hosts of bacteria from the genus Bartonella, and whether the sheep tick (Ixodes ricinus) is their vector. To this end, the prevalence of Bartonella DNA in the tissues of these game species was measured, just as in sheep ticks (I. ricinus) infesting them, and ticks collected from plants in the hunting area. The prevalence of Bartonella DNA was 39% (23/59) in roe deer and 35% (7/20) in red deer. No Bartonella DNA was detected in any of the 21 wild boars. The presence of Bartonella DNAwas detected in 1.9% of ticks infesting roe deer (2/103), while no pathogen DNA was found in the 20 ticks infesting the red deer and the 3 ticks infesting wild boars, or the 200 ticks collected from plants. Amplicons of two different lengths were obtained; 198 bp, characteristic for B. bovis, and 317 bp, characteristic for B. schoenbuchensis, which were confirmed later by sequencing. The examined ruminants are probably the reservoir hosts of B. schoenbuchensis and B. bovis in the biotope of the Puszcza Wkrzańska Forest, and wild boars do not participate in the Bartonella propagation in the environment. I. ricinus is unlikely to be the main vector of Bartonella species detected in the examined roe deer and red deer; probably other bloodsucking arthropods, parasitizing wild ruminants, play this role.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

wild ruminant; red deer; Poland; host; Bartonella; sheep tick; roe deer; polymerase chain reaction; Capreolus capreolus; Ixodes ricinus; Sus scrofa; wild boar; Bartonella schoenbuchensis; Bartonella bovis; Cervus elaphus

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Parasitologica
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: 53
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.407-410,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Adamska M

• University of Szczecin, Piastow 40B Av., 71-065 Szczecin, Poland

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