| KVAPIL, Pavel, Joško RAČNIK, Marjan KASTELIC, Jiřina MARKOVÁ, Jean-Benjamin MURAT, Kateřina KOBÉDOVÁ, Pavlina PITTERMANNOVÁ, Marie BUDÍKOVÁ, Kamil SEDLÁK and Eva BÁRTOVÁ. Biosurveillance of Selected Pathogens with Zoonotic Potential in a Zoo. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. MDPI, 2021, vol. 10, No 4, p. "428", 11 pp. ISSN 2076-0817. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10040428. |
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@article{1770237,
author = {Kvapil, Pavel and Račnik, Joško and Kastelic, Marjan and Marková, Jiřina and Murat, JeanandBenjamin and Kobédová, Kateřina and Pittermannová, Pavlina and Budíková, Marie and Sedlák, Kamil and Bártová, Eva},
article_number = {4},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10040428},
keywords = {toxoplasmosis; neosporosis; encephalitozoonosis; serology; biosurvelliance},
language = {eng},
issn = {2076-0817},
journal = {Foodborne Pathogens and Disease},
title = {Biosurveillance of Selected Pathogens with Zoonotic Potential in a Zoo},
url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/4/428},
volume = {10},
year = {2021}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1770237
AU - Kvapil, Pavel - Račnik, Joško - Kastelic, Marjan - Marková, Jiřina - Murat, Jean-Benjamin - Kobédová, Kateřina - Pittermannová, Pavlina - Budíková, Marie - Sedlák, Kamil - Bártová, Eva
PY - 2021
TI - Biosurveillance of Selected Pathogens with Zoonotic Potential in a Zoo
JF - Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
VL - 10
IS - 4
SP - "428"
EP - "428"
PB - MDPI
SN - 20760817
KW - toxoplasmosis
KW - neosporosis
KW - encephalitozoonosis
KW - serology
KW - biosurvelliance
UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/4/428
N2 - Monitoring of infectious diseases is one of the most important pillars of preventive medicine in zoos. Screening for parasitic and bacterial infections is important to keep animals and equipment safe from pathogens that may pose a risk to animal and human health. Zoos usually contain many different animal species living in proximity with people and wild animals. As an epidemiological probe, 188 animals (122 mammals, 65 birds, and one reptile) from a zoo in Slovenia were examined for selected pathogens. Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum were detected by ELISA in 38% (46/122) and 3% (4/122) of mammals, and in 0% (0/64) and 2% (1/57) of birds, respectively; the reptile (0/1) was negative. A statistically significant difference in T. gondii prevalence was found in Carnivora compared to Cetartiodactyla and primate antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi were detected by IFAT in 44% (52/118) of mammals and 20% (11/56) of birds, respectively; the reptile (0/1) was negative. Herbivores had a higher chance of being infected with E. cuniculi compared to omnivores. Antibodies to Chlamydia abortus and Coxiella burnetii were not detected in any of the 74 tested zoo animals. The sera of 39 wild rodents found in the zoo were also examined; they were negative for all three parasites. The parasite T. gondii was detected by PCR in the tissue of two mute swans (Cygnus olor), three eastern house mice (Mus musculus), one yellow-necked field mouse (Apodemus flavicollis), and one striped field mouse (A. agrarius). Positive samples were genotyped by a single multiplex PCR assay using 15 microsatellite markers; one sample from a mute swan was characterized as type II. This micro-epidemiological study offers a better understanding of pathogens in zoo animals and an understanding of the role of zoos in biosurveillance.
ER -
KVAPIL, Pavel, Joško RAČNIK, Marjan KASTELIC, Jiřina MARKOVÁ, Jean-Benjamin MURAT, Kateřina KOBÉDOVÁ, Pavlina PITTERMANNOVÁ, Marie BUDÍKOVÁ, Kamil SEDLÁK and Eva BÁRTOVÁ. Biosurveillance of Selected Pathogens with Zoonotic Potential in a Zoo. \textit{Foodborne Pathogens and Disease}. MDPI, 2021, vol.~10, No~4, p.~''428'', 11 pp. ISSN~2076-0817. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10040428.
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