Increased Parasitic Load in Captive-Released European Bison (Bison bonasus) has Important Implications for Reintroduction Programs

Captive-bred animals, widely used in reintroduction programmes, are often immunologically naïve and more susceptible to pathogens. We analysed infection of invasive blood-sucking nematode Ashworthius sidemi in captive-bred European bison (Bison bonasus) released to the wild in the Białowieża Forest...

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Autores principales: Kołodziej-Sobocińska, Marta, Demiaszkiewicz, Aleksadner W., Pyziel, Anna M., Kowalczyk, Rafał
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2018
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29549590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-018-1327-4
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author Kołodziej-Sobocińska, Marta
Demiaszkiewicz, Aleksadner W.
Pyziel, Anna M.
Kowalczyk, Rafał
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description Captive-bred animals, widely used in reintroduction programmes, are often immunologically naïve and more susceptible to pathogens. We analysed infection of invasive blood-sucking nematode Ashworthius sidemi in captive-bred European bison (Bison bonasus) released to the wild in the Białowieża Forest (Poland). Mean A. sidemi infection intensity of released bison (29,137 nematodes) was over threefold higher than in wild bison (8756). It indicates a rapid acquisition and increase in the infection intensity in previously dewormed bison released from captivity. Thus, reintroduction programmes should consider the impact of pathogens and involve controlled exposure of captive animals to specific parasites prior to release.
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spelling pubmed-61324172018-09-14 Increased Parasitic Load in Captive-Released European Bison (Bison bonasus) has Important Implications for Reintroduction Programs Kołodziej-Sobocińska, Marta Demiaszkiewicz, Aleksadner W. Pyziel, Anna M. Kowalczyk, Rafał Ecohealth Short Communication Captive-bred animals, widely used in reintroduction programmes, are often immunologically naïve and more susceptible to pathogens. We analysed infection of invasive blood-sucking nematode Ashworthius sidemi in captive-bred European bison (Bison bonasus) released to the wild in the Białowieża Forest (Poland). Mean A. sidemi infection intensity of released bison (29,137 nematodes) was over threefold higher than in wild bison (8756). It indicates a rapid acquisition and increase in the infection intensity in previously dewormed bison released from captivity. Thus, reintroduction programmes should consider the impact of pathogens and involve controlled exposure of captive animals to specific parasites prior to release. Springer US 2018-03-16 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6132417/ /pubmed/29549590 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-018-1327-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Increased Parasitic Load in Captive-Released European Bison (Bison bonasus) has Important Implications for Reintroduction Programs
title Increased Parasitic Load in Captive-Released European Bison (Bison bonasus) has Important Implications for Reintroduction Programs
title_full Increased Parasitic Load in Captive-Released European Bison (Bison bonasus) has Important Implications for Reintroduction Programs
title_fullStr Increased Parasitic Load in Captive-Released European Bison (Bison bonasus) has Important Implications for Reintroduction Programs
title_full_unstemmed Increased Parasitic Load in Captive-Released European Bison (Bison bonasus) has Important Implications for Reintroduction Programs
title_short Increased Parasitic Load in Captive-Released European Bison (Bison bonasus) has Important Implications for Reintroduction Programs
title_sort increased parasitic load in captive-released european bison (bison bonasus) has important implications for reintroduction programs
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132417/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-018-1327-4
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