Journal Article

Coexistence of tick-borne pathogens in game animals and ticks in western Poland

Skotarczak, B.,University of Szczecin (Poland). Dept. of Genetics, Wodecka, B.,University of Szczecin (Poland). Dept. of Genetics, Rymaszewska, A.,University of Szczecin (Poland). Dept. of Genetics, Adamska, M.,University of Szczecin (Poland). Dept. of Genetics, Maciejewska, A.,University of Szczecin (Poland). Dept. of Genetics, Sawczuk, M.,University of Szczecin (Poland). Dept. of Genetics

2008

Overview

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of game mammals (roe deer, red deer, wild boar) and ticks in the circulation of some pathogens (genera Anaplasma, Bartonella, Theileria, Babesia) in north-western Poland. PCR was used to identify DNA sequences isolated from the blood and spleen of game animals and from Ixodes ricinus. Our results showed that roe and red deer played an important role in the life cycle of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, two Bartonella species, Theileria and Babesia spp, whereas in the isolates obtained from 50 wild boars, the DNA of only one pathogen, A. phagocytophilum, occurred. In total, 63.5% of 74 PCR+ isolates from roe deer showed a double coinfection and three isolates showed a triple coinfection. In the tissues of red deer, the coinfections were triple in 38% of individuals, double in 40%, single in 84%.

• Publisher: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS),Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
• Subject: ADN / AGENT PATHOGENE / ANAPLASMA / Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Animal behavior / Arachnids / BABESIA / BARTONELLA / BAZO / BLOOD / borrelia / BORRELIA BURGDORFERI / Capreolus capreolus / CERVUS ELAPHUS / CHEVREUIL / Coexistence / CORZO / Deer / Deoxyribonucleic acid / DIAGNOSIS / DIAGNOSTIC / DIAGNOSTICO / DNA / ENFERMEDADES TRANSM POR GARRAPATAS / Game animals / GAME MAMMALS / Games / GIBIER A POIL / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2238 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2347 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24107 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24131 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24908 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_30962 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3182 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_33630 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_34079 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_388 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5630 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6055 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7314 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_755 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7708 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7763 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_9090 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_959 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_9718 / IXODES RICINUS / JABALI / Life cycles / MALADIE TRANSMISSIBLE PAR TIQUES / MAMIFEROS DE CAZA / METASTIGMATA / mixed infection / ORGANISMOS PATOGENOS / PATHOGENS / PCR / POLAND / POLOGNE / POLONIA / RATE / risk / ROE DEER / SANG / SANGLIER / SANGRE / SPLEEN / Sus scrofa / THEILERIA / TICKBORNE DISEASES / Ticks / WILD BOAR / wild boars