Publication details
Monitoring Encephalitozoon spp. u zvířat ze zoologických zahrad v České republice. Jsou volně žijící hlodavci rezervoárem Encephalitozoon spp.?
| Title in English | Monitoring of Encephalitozoon spp. in animals from zoos in the Czech Republic. Are wild rodents a reservoir of Encephalitozoon spp.? |
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | XXV. KONFERENCE MLADÝCH VĚDECKÝCH PRACOVNÍKŮ S MEZINÁRODNÍ ÚČASTÍ |
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| Web | https://www.vfu.cz/files/upload/733/KMVP%202023_Sbornik.pdf |
| Keywords | Encephalitozoonosis; rodents; zoonosis; zoo animals; wild small mammals |
| Description | Wild small mammals play an important role in maintaining and spreading of infectious agents in wild animals but also in captive animals. The aim of this study was to determine the presence of antibodies against Encephalitozoon cuniculi in the blood sera of animals from Czech zoos and monitor Encephalitozoon spp. in rodents trapped in zoo Brno. Antibodies to E. cuniculi were detected in sera of 8 zoo animals (3.3%) with a titer of 40 in 7 animals (3%) including 2 animals from the Bovidae family, 2 animals from the Canidae family and 3 animals from the Equidae family and a titer of 640 in the leopard. Encephalitozoon spp. was detected by PCR in 20% (22/108) of rodents trapped in zoo Brno with Yellow-necked Field Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) the most infected animal. The results of our study showed that wild small mammals in zoo |