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Serological survey of selected infectious diseases in mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) from south-central Spain
- Source :
- European Journal of Wildlife Research. 55:75-79
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2008.
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Abstract
- Serum samples from 101 mouflons (Ovis aries musimon) collected from July 2002 to January 2006 were tested for antibodies against Anaplasma spp., Brucella spp., bovine viral diarrhea virus, Chlamydophila abortus, Coxiella burnetii, Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis, and Maedi-Visna virus. Mouflon came either from extensive farms or high ungulate density fenced hunting estates. Antibodies were detected against Anaplasma spp. (22.2%), C. burnetii (4.0%), M. avium ssp. paratuberculosis (1.0%) and C. abortus (1.0%). According to our results, mouflons could participate as a wild reservoir in the epidemiology of Anaplasma spp. infection and maybe Q fever, but they do not seem to contribute in the epidemiology of the rest of the studied infectious diseases in south-central Spain.<br />This is a contribution to the agreement CSIC–SDGSA–OAPN and to agreements with Consejería de Agricultura, JCCM. J. R. López-Olvera has an I3P grant from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).
- Subjects :
- biology
animal diseases
Paratuberculosis
Q fever
Brucella
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
bacterial infections and mycoses
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Coxiella burnetii
Virology
Serology
Chlamydophila abortus
Mouflon
medicine
bacteria
Anaplasma
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14390574 and 16124642
- Volume :
- 55
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Wildlife Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....90f88e89b0a1b5ec4f0aabc7458a95b3