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Borrelia spirochetes in European exotic farm animals
Ticks transmit a broad spectrum of pathogens, threatening both animal and human health. Tick survival and proliferation are strongly dependent on host selection and suitability. The hard tick Ixodes ricinus, which is widespread throughout most of Europe, is a host generalist capable of feeding on ma...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9554260/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36246336 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.996015 |
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author | Hrnková, Johana Golovchenko, Marina Musa, Abubakar Sadiq Needham, Tersia Italiya, Jignesh Ceacero, Francisco Kotrba, Radim Grubhoffer, Libor Rudenko, Natalie Cerný, Jirí |
author_facet | Hrnková, Johana Golovchenko, Marina Musa, Abubakar Sadiq Needham, Tersia Italiya, Jignesh Ceacero, Francisco Kotrba, Radim Grubhoffer, Libor Rudenko, Natalie Cerný, Jirí |
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description | Ticks transmit a broad spectrum of pathogens, threatening both animal and human health. Tick survival and proliferation are strongly dependent on host selection and suitability. The hard tick Ixodes ricinus, which is widespread throughout most of Europe, is a host generalist capable of feeding on many different vertebrate species. Pasture-kept exotic farm animals may be at a high risk for tick and tick-borne pathogens infestations but research characterizing this is currently lacking. This study focused on the detection of Borrelia spirochetes (including Borrelia miyamotoi) in exotic farm animals. Using nested-PCR with Borrelia-specific primers, 121 serum samples from 54 exotic farm animals of several species bred in four different farms in Bohemia and Moravia (Czechia) were tested. Positive samples were sequenced for the identification of Borrelia species. The prevalence of Borrelia DNA in the samples ranged from 13 to 67%, depending on the sampling site. The sequencing results confirmed the DNA presence of multiple spirochete species from the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. Only one sample from an ostrich (Struthio camelus) was found to be positive for Borrelia myiamotoi. The results show that exotic farm animals can serve as hosts for hard ticks and can be infected by Borrelia spirochetes, transmitted by hard ticks. Therefore, these animals could play a relevant role in maintaining Borrelia spirochetes in nature. |
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spelling | pubmed-95542602022-10-13 Borrelia spirochetes in European exotic farm animals Hrnková, Johana Golovchenko, Marina Musa, Abubakar Sadiq Needham, Tersia Italiya, Jignesh Ceacero, Francisco Kotrba, Radim Grubhoffer, Libor Rudenko, Natalie Cerný, Jirí Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science Ticks transmit a broad spectrum of pathogens, threatening both animal and human health. Tick survival and proliferation are strongly dependent on host selection and suitability. The hard tick Ixodes ricinus, which is widespread throughout most of Europe, is a host generalist capable of feeding on many different vertebrate species. Pasture-kept exotic farm animals may be at a high risk for tick and tick-borne pathogens infestations but research characterizing this is currently lacking. This study focused on the detection of Borrelia spirochetes (including Borrelia miyamotoi) in exotic farm animals. Using nested-PCR with Borrelia-specific primers, 121 serum samples from 54 exotic farm animals of several species bred in four different farms in Bohemia and Moravia (Czechia) were tested. Positive samples were sequenced for the identification of Borrelia species. The prevalence of Borrelia DNA in the samples ranged from 13 to 67%, depending on the sampling site. The sequencing results confirmed the DNA presence of multiple spirochete species from the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. Only one sample from an ostrich (Struthio camelus) was found to be positive for Borrelia myiamotoi. The results show that exotic farm animals can serve as hosts for hard ticks and can be infected by Borrelia spirochetes, transmitted by hard ticks. Therefore, these animals could play a relevant role in maintaining Borrelia spirochetes in nature. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9554260/ /pubmed/36246336 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.996015 Text en Copyright © 2022 Hrnková, Golovchenko, Musa, Needham, Italiya, Ceacero, Kotrba, Grubhoffer, Rudenko and Cerný. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Veterinary Science Hrnková, Johana Golovchenko, Marina Musa, Abubakar Sadiq Needham, Tersia Italiya, Jignesh Ceacero, Francisco Kotrba, Radim Grubhoffer, Libor Rudenko, Natalie Cerný, Jirí Borrelia spirochetes in European exotic farm animals |
title | Borrelia spirochetes in European exotic farm animals |
title_full | Borrelia spirochetes in European exotic farm animals |
title_fullStr | Borrelia spirochetes in European exotic farm animals |
title_full_unstemmed | Borrelia spirochetes in European exotic farm animals |
title_short | Borrelia spirochetes in European exotic farm animals |
title_sort | borrelia spirochetes in european exotic farm animals |
topic | Veterinary Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9554260/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36246336 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.996015 |
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