Characterization of Escherichia coli strains from red deer (Cervus elaphus) faeces in a Mexican protected natural area

Gammaherpesvirus infections have been described in cervids worldwide, mainly the genera Macavirus or Rhadinovirus. However, little is known about the gammaherpesviruses species infecting cervids in Norway and Fennoscandia. Blood samples from semi-domesticated (n = 39) and wild (n = 35) Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus), moose (Alces alces, n = 51), and red deer (Cervus elaphus, n = 41) were tested using a panherpesvirus DNA polymerase (DPOL) PCR. DPOL-PCR-positive samples were subsequently tested for the presence of glycoprotein B (gB) gene. The viral DPOL gene was amplified in 28.2% (11/39) of the semi-domesticated reindeer and in 48.6% (17/35) of the wild reindeer. All moose and red deer tested negative. Additionally, gB gene was amplified in 4 of 11 semi-domesticated and 15 of 17 wild Eurasian reindeer DPOL-PCR-positive samples. All the obtained DPOL and gB sequences were highly similar among them, and corresponded to a novel gammaherpesvirus species, tentatively named Rangiferine gammaherpesvirus 1, that seemed to belong to a genus different from Macavirus and Rhadinovirus. This is the first report of a likely host-specific gammaherpesvirus in semi-domesticated reindeer, an economic and cultural important animal, and in wild tundra reindeer, the lastpopulation in Europe. Future studies are required to clarify the potential impact of this gammaherpesvirus on reindeer health.

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Isolation and characterization of Babesia pecorum sp. nov. from farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Veterinary Research ◽

10.1186/s13567-014-0078-7 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Maggy Jouglin ◽

Isabel G Fernández-de-Mera ◽

Nathalie de la Cotte ◽

Francisco Ruiz-Fons ◽

Christian Gortázar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cervus Elaphus ◽

Red Deer ◽

Isolation And Characterization

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First Molecular Characterization of Hypoderma actaeon in Cattle and Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) in Portugal

The Korean Journal of Parasitology ◽

10.3347/kjp.2017.55.6.653 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 55 (6) ◽

pp. 653-658 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Haroon Ahmed ◽

Sérgio Ramalho Sousa ◽

Sami Simsek ◽

Sofia Anastácio ◽

Seyma Gunyakti Kilinc

Keyword(s):

Molecular Characterization ◽

Cervus Elaphus ◽

Red Deer

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The isolation and characterization of a Babesia from red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Parasitology ◽

10.1017/s0031182000051271 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 73 (1) ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Katherine M. G. Adam ◽

D. A. Blewett ◽

D. W. Brocklesby ◽

G. A. M. Sharman

Keyword(s):

Cervus Elaphus ◽

Red Deer ◽

Fluorescent Antibody ◽

Infected Cattle ◽

Indirect Fluorescent Antibody ◽

Insufficient Evidence ◽

Isolation And Characterization ◽

Babesia Divergens ◽

Antibody Tests

SummaryOn three occasions, antibody positive blood from wild red deer produced overt infections with Babesia when inoculated into splenecto-mized red deer. One of the deer also became infected with Eperythrozoon sp. Babesia divergens, B. capreoli and the Babesia of red deer are morphologically similar and the marginal position of the parasites in the host cell is characteristic. Babesia were not seen and no antibody was formed in five out of six splenectomized bovine calves which were injected with parasitaemic red deer blood. Two of these calves when challenged with B. divergens were fully susceptible. A transient infection with the deer Babesia may have occurred in the sixth calf since antibody was detected and the animal resisted challenge with B. divergens.In indirect fluorescent antibody tests there was little or no difference in the titre of sera from naturally or experimentally infected cattle and deer when reacted with B. divergens or the red deer Babesia antigens. Despite their similarities, specific status for B. divergens and the red deer Babesia is probably justified; at present there is insufficient evidence to justify separation of the red deer Babesia from B. capreoli.

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