کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
8980716 1107731 2005 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) in Captive Rodents in a Zoological Garden
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
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Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) in Captive Rodents in a Zoological Garden
چکیده انگلیسی
Calodium hepaticum infection was diagnosed in the Bristol Zoo Gardens in 13 captive rodents of four species that died or were humanely killed over a 40-month period. Of these infected animals, nine were black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomus ludovicianus), representing 45% of the members of this species examined during the study. A wild rat (Rattus norvegicus) found dead in an enclosure was also infected. To date few cases of C. hepaticum infection have been reported in the UK. The number of cases diagnosed in this urban zoo may be explained by the potentially high prevalence of infection in urban rat populations and increased risk of exposure of zoo animals kept in enclosures to which rats have access. As C. hepaticum is potentially zoonotic, members of staff in zoos should be careful to avoid soil-to-mouth contact, particularly in prairie dog enclosures.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Comparative Pathology - Volume 133, Issue 1, July 2005, Pages 73-76
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