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INFECTIOUS DISEASE SEROLOGIC SURVEY IN FREE-RANGING VENEZUELAN ANACONDAS (EUNECTES MURINUS)
- Source :
- Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 32:320-323
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, 2001.
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Abstract
- Reptiles can harbor pathogenic microorganisms asymptomatically and serve as potential reservoirs of infection for humans, domestic animals, and other reptiles. Infectious diseases are also problematic for free-ranging reptile populations and are an important consideration in reptile reintroduction and translocation projects. There have been limited serologic studies of free-ranging reptiles for evidence of exposure to potential pathogens. In the present study, serum or plasma samples from five male and five female free-ranging Venezuelan anacondas ( Eunectes murinus) were screened for antibodies to eastern, western, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis viruses, vesicular stomatitis virus, ophidian paramyxovirus, 19 Leptospira interrogansserovars, and Cryptosporidium serpentes . Antibodies to these agents were not detected, or antibody titers were low and possibly nonspecific. These results for the limited number of anacondas surveyed suggest that they do not serve as significant reservoirs for these infectious agents at this location.
- Subjects :
- Male
Antibodies, Protozoan
Cryptosporidium
Animals, Wild
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Biology
Antibodies, Viral
Communicable Diseases
Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus
Serology
Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine
Leptospira
Animals
Eunectes
Disease Reservoirs
General Veterinary
Antibody titer
Encephalomyelitis, Western Equine
General Medicine
Encephalomyelitis, Eastern Equine
Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
Venezuela
biology.organism_classification
Antibodies, Bacterial
Virology
Boidae
Vesicular stomatitis virus
Infectious disease (medical specialty)
biology.protein
Female
Animal Science and Zoology
Leptospira interrogans
Antibody
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10427260
- Volume :
- 32
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....aaa34de2b1a84547ce2e4f72a19ac46e