Issue |
Parasite
Volume 22, 2015
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Article Number | 17 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2015017 | |
Published online | 20 May 2015 |
Short Note
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in wild boars, red deer and roe deer in Poland
Séroprévalence de Toxoplasma gondii chez les sangliers, cerfs élaphes et chevreuils en Pologne
1
Laboratory of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
2
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania
3
ERASMUS Student from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania
4
Veterinary, Zootechnics and Lambling Faculty, Samarkand Agriculture University, Uzbekistan
5
Voivodeship Veterinary Inspectorate in Krosno, Poland
6
Division of Small Animal Infectious Diseases, Department of Small Animal Diseases with Clinic, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Poland
* Corresponding author: lucjan_witkowski@sggw.pl
Received:
14
April
2015
Accepted:
5
May
2015
Little is known about the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in wild life, particularly game animals in Poland. Meat juice collected during the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 hunting seasons from 552 red deer (Cervus elaphus), 367 wild boars (Sus scrofa) and 92 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) was tested for T. gondii antibodies using the multi-species ID Screen Toxoplasmosis Indirect kit (IDvet, Montpellier, France). Antibodies to T. gondii were detected in 24.1% of red deer (95% CI: 20.7%, 27.8%), 37.6% of wild boar (95% CI: 32.8%, 42.7%) and 30.4% of roe deer (95% CI: 22.0%, 40.5%). To the authors’ best knowledge, this is the first epidemiological report of T. gondii prevalence in red deer, roe deer and wild boars in Poland. T. gondii is present in wildlife animal tissues and consumption of the game may be a potential source of infection for humans.
Résumé
On en sait peu sur la prévalence de Toxoplasma gondii chez les animaux sauvages, en particulier le gibier, en Pologne. Le jus de viande recueilli au cours des saisons de chasse 2009/2010 et 2010/2011 de 552 cerfs élaphes (Cervus elaphus), 367 sangliers (Sus scrofa) et 92 chevreuils (Capreolus capreolus) a été testé pour les anticorps de T. gondii en utilisant le kit indirect de toxoplasmose multi-espèces ID Screen (IDvet, Montpellier, France). Des anticorps dirigés contre T. gondii ont été détectés chez 24.1 % des cerfs élaphes (IC à 95 % : 20.7 %, 27.8 %), 37.6 % des sangliers (IC à 95 % : 32.8 %, 42.7 %) et 30.4 % des chevreuils (IC à 95 % : 22.0 %, 40.5 %). À la connaissance des auteurs, ceci est le premier rapport épidémiologique de la prévalence de T. gondii chez le cerf, le chevreuil et le sanglier en Pologne. T. gondii est présent dans les tissus des animaux sauvages et la consommation de gibier peut être une source potentielle d’infection pour l’homme.
Key words: Toxoplasmosis / Wildlife / Game / Epidemiology / Meat juice / ELISA
© L. Witkowski et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2015
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