کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2472032 1555778 2007 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Evidence of Neospora caninum DNA in wild rodents
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Evidence of Neospora caninum DNA in wild rodents
چکیده انگلیسی

Seventy-five house mice (Mus musculus), 103 rats (Rattus norvegicus) and 55 field mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) from North-West Italy were PCR analysed for Neospora caninum infection. Brain, kidney and muscle tissues collected from the above mentioned animals were tested by PCR using Np6 and Np21 primers. The brain tissue from 2 house mice and 2 rats, the kidney from 4 rats, 1 house mouse and 1 field mouse and muscle from 10 rats, 8 house mice and 1 field mouse were tested positive for N. caninum. Sequencing showed a 96–97% identity of PCR products with N. caninum NC1 sequence. Our findings support previous report on house mouse and rat, and for the first time, provides the evidence of the infection also in field mice. Based on our data, it could be hypothesized that mice can act as a reservoir of N. caninum, and they can play a role in maintaining/spreading N. caninum infection also in the sylvatic cycle. The possibility that dogs could be infected by eating infected house mice suggests new opportunities for N. caninum prophylaxis and control.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Veterinary Parasitology - Volume 148, Issues 3–4, 30 September 2007, Pages 346–349
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