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CLIMATIC SUITABILITY OF SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX (VULPES MACROTIS MUTICA) DENS FOR SARCOPTIC MANGE (SARCOPTES SCABIEI) TRANSMISSION 圣华金金狐(vulpes macrotis mutica)巢穴对疥癣病(sarcoptes scabiei)传播的气候适应性

The Journal of Wildlife Diseases Pub Date : 2020-01-06 DOI: 10.7589/2019-02-035

Ariel I. Loredo, Jamie Leann Rudd, J. Foley, D. Clifford, B. Cypher

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引用次数: 7

BLOOD LEAD AND ZINC LEVELS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HEALTH OF FREE-LIVING SMALL CARNIVORES IN TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA 中华民国台湾自由生活小型食肉动物血铅、锌含量及其对健康的影响

The Journal of Wildlife Diseases Pub Date : 2020-01-06 DOI: 10.7589/2018-11-273

Chin-Chia Liu, C. Chi, S. Yen, Jian-Nan Liu, Y. Ju, Chu-Lin Kang, Chun-Hao Chang, Pin-Huan Yu

{"title":"BLOOD LEAD AND ZINC LEVELS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HEALTH OF FREE-LIVING SMALL CARNIVORES IN TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA","authors":"Chin-Chia Liu, C. Chi, S. Yen, Jian-Nan Liu, Y. Ju, Chu-Lin Kang, Chun-Hao Chang, Pin-Huan Yu","doi":"10.7589/2018-11-273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-11-273","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Lead and zinc are recognized as the most widespread trace metals in nature and can, at high levels, compromise the health of wildlife and their habitat. Because of their position in a higher trophic level, wild carnivores can be valuable biological indicator species of trace-metal contamination in the environment. We assessed blood lead and zinc concentrations of four small carnivore species native to Taiwan, the small Indian civet (Viverricula indica), the masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), the ferret badger (Melogale moschata), and the crab-eating mongoose (Herpestes urva), from urban and rural areas (Yangmingshan National Park, Xiuguluan River bank, and Da-an River bank). Blood samples were acquired from the anterior vena cava under general anesthesia, and lead and zinc concentrations, hematology, and serum biochemistry results were then obtained. Blood lead levels were significantly higher in ferret badgers in the Yangmingshan area. Although lead concentrations were comparable with those in humans and cats with lead toxicosis, there was no hematological or biochemical evidence that animal health was compromised. Blood zinc levels were within an acceptable range in all four species tested. Overall, we found significant differences in blood lead and zinc levels among four species of carnivores living in areas with different levels of land development in Taiwan. Anthropogenic pollution, mining history, and volcanic activities in Yangmingshan National Park may contribute to significantly high blood lead levels in ferret badgers in this area. Our results provided information about the potential impact of land development on wildlife and may be beneficial to wildlife conservation, public health, and environmental health in Taiwan.","PeriodicalId":22805,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Wildlife Diseases","volume":"1 1","pages":"157 - 166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91108136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Antibodies to Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV) in Farmed and Wild Florida White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) 养殖和野生佛罗里达白尾鹿(Odocoileus virginianus)流行性出血热病毒(EHDV)抗体

The Journal of Wildlife Diseases Pub Date : 2020-01-06 DOI: 10.7589/2019-02-034

Allison Cauvin, E. Dinh, Jeremy P Orange, Rebecca M. Shuman, J. Blackburn, S. Wisely

{"title":"Antibodies to Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV) in Farmed and Wild Florida White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)","authors":"Allison Cauvin, E. Dinh, Jeremy P Orange, Rebecca M. Shuman, J. Blackburn, S. Wisely","doi":"10.7589/2019-02-034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7589/2019-02-034","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: The transmission of multiple serotypes of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) between farmed and free-ranging wildlife is of interest to livestock industries and natural resource agencies. We compared the seroprevalence of EHDV-1, -2, and -6 in wild and farmed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herds in Florida, US. We compared serological prevalence, circulating serotypes, antibody titers, and viremia with the use of 171 whole-blood samples from 150 unvaccinated white-tailed deer from farm pens, a farm preserve, and wild deer on adjacent public lands between March 2016 and May 2017. Despite aggressive chemical vector control on the farm, we found higher seroprevalence and titers against the predominant EHDV serotype in farmed deer (in pens and the preserve) than in wild deer. The higher exposure to EHDV of farmed vs. wild deer may have been because of the higher densities of farmed vs. wild deer, the presence of exotic amplifying hosts such as elk (Cervus canadensis) in the preserve, or genetic factors that predisposed farmed deer to disease.","PeriodicalId":22805,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Wildlife Diseases","volume":"24 1","pages":"208 - 213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83138819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 19

SUSCEPTIBILITY OF LAUGHING GULLS (LEUCOPHAEUS ATRICILLA) AND MALLARDS (ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS) TO RUDDY TURNSTONE (ARENARIA INTERPRES MORINELLA) ORIGIN TYPE A INFLUENZA VIRUSES 笑鸥(leucophaeus atricilla)和绿头鸭(anas platyrhynchos)对红石(沙螺解释morinella)源a型流感病毒的易感性

The Journal of Wildlife Diseases Pub Date : 2020-01-06 DOI: 10.7589/2019-03-065

Charlie S. Bahnson, R. Poulson, Laura P. Hollander, Jo A. Crum Bradley, D. Stallknecht

{"title":"SUSCEPTIBILITY OF LAUGHING GULLS (LEUCOPHAEUS ATRICILLA) AND MALLARDS (ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS) TO RUDDY TURNSTONE (ARENARIA INTERPRES MORINELLA) ORIGIN TYPE A INFLUENZA VIRUSES","authors":"Charlie S. Bahnson, R. Poulson, Laura P. Hollander, Jo A. Crum Bradley, D. Stallknecht","doi":"10.7589/2019-03-065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7589/2019-03-065","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Delaware Bay, US is the only documented location where influenza A virus (IAV) is consistently detected in a shorebird species, the Ruddy Turnstone (RUTU; Arenaria interpres morinella). Although IAV in shorebirds has been well studied at this site for decades, the importance of other species in the avian community as potential sources for the IAVs that infect RUTUs each spring remains unclear. We determined the susceptibility of Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) and Laughing Gulls (Leucophaeus atricilla), to IAVs isolated from RUTUs in order to gain insight into the potential host range of these viruses. Captive-reared gulls were challenged with RUTU-origin H6N1, H10N7, H11N9, H12N4, and H13N6 IAV, as well as Mallard-origin H6N1 and H11N9. We challenged captive-reared Mallards with the same viruses, except for H13N6. At a biologically plausible challenge dose (104 50% embryo infective doses/0.1 mL), one of five gulls challenged with both H6N1 IAVs shed virus. The remaining gulls were resistant to infection with all viruses. In contrast, all Mallards were infected and shed virus. The H12N4 Mallard challenge group was an exception with no birds infected. These results indicated that Mallards are permissive to infection with viruses originating from a shorebird host and that interspecies transmission could occur. In contrast, host adaptation of IAVs to RUTUs may compromise their ability to be transmitted back to gulls.","PeriodicalId":22805,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Wildlife Diseases","volume":"89 1","pages":"167 - 174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78074149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

POSTMORTEM DETECTION OF BLUETONGUE AND EPIZOOTIC HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUSES IN THE BONE MARROW OF WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS) 白尾鹿骨髓中蓝舌病和家畜流行性出血病病毒的死后检测

The Journal of Wildlife Diseases Pub Date : 2020-01-06 DOI: 10.7589/2019-01-011

Michael E. Becker, S. Healy, W. Forbes, Jonathan Roberts, James M. Lacour, L. Foil

{"title":"POSTMORTEM DETECTION OF BLUETONGUE AND EPIZOOTIC HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUSES IN THE BONE MARROW OF WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS)","authors":"Michael E. Becker, S. Healy, W. Forbes, Jonathan Roberts, James M. Lacour, L. Foil","doi":"10.7589/2019-01-011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7589/2019-01-011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: We determined the temporal aspects of detecting bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) in postmortem bone marrow samples of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) using molecular and in vitro cell culture techniques. Bone marrow samples from carcasses were collected and assayed on the day of death and at intervals up to 16 wk after death. We recovered BTV and EHDV from fresh bone marrow collected at day 0 by isolation in Vero and BHK-21 cell cultures. However, attempts to replicate the viruses from aged bone marrow in Vero and BHK-21 cell cultures failed. The real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR) results confirmed that EHDV and BTV can be detected in aged bone marrow for up to 12 and 16 wk, respectively, after death. The RNA of BTV and EHDV could be detected by qRT-PCR in white-tailed deer bone marrow for extended periods of time postmortem. This technique will provide a useful tool for retrospective determination of BTV or EHDV infection of white-tailed deer at the time of death.","PeriodicalId":22805,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Wildlife Diseases","volume":"7 1","pages":"58 - 65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80616554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

Cholangiocarcinoma in a Free-Ranging Eurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos) from Northern Spain 西班牙北部自由放养的欧亚棕熊的胆管癌

The Journal of Wildlife Diseases Pub Date : 2020-01-06 DOI: 10.7589/2019-03-054

A. Balseiro, L. Royo, E. Gayo, J. G. García Marín

引用次数: 2

ASSESSMENT OF RESIDUAL VASCULARIZATION OF THE LIMB AS A PROGNOSTIC FACTOR TO AVOID SEA TURTLE FLIPPER AMPUTATION 评估残肢血管化作为避免海龟肢肢截肢的预后因素

The Journal of Wildlife Diseases Pub Date : 2020-01-06 DOI: 10.7589/2019-02-039

D. Franchini, C. Valastro, S. Ciccarelli, M. Ricciardi, D. Lenoci, M. Corrente, A. D. Bello

{"title":"ASSESSMENT OF RESIDUAL VASCULARIZATION OF THE LIMB AS A PROGNOSTIC FACTOR TO AVOID SEA TURTLE FLIPPER AMPUTATION","authors":"D. Franchini, C. Valastro, S. Ciccarelli, M. Ricciardi, D. Lenoci, M. Corrente, A. D. Bello","doi":"10.7589/2019-02-039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7589/2019-02-039","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Entanglement occurs when a marine turtle becomes trapped within anthropogenic materials such as debris or fishery gear, inducing strangulation of anatomical parts such as flippers or the neck, causing deep lacerations, maiming, amputation, or choking. Often, severely entangled flippers in captured or stranded turtles are removed surgically. Turtles with flipper impairment have difficulty in swimming, diving, and feeding. Our aim was to use color Doppler ultrasound and multi-detector computer tomography to evaluate residual vascularization or neovascularization in severely entangled flippers of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) to assess viability of flippers, even in the absence of limb sensation. We studied 12 turtles with either unilateral (n=8) or bilateral (n=4) involvement. A total of 14 flippers were severely entangled and two flippers were spontaneously amputated. Only two of the 14 entangled flippers had to be removed surgically. For 12 entangled flippers, after surgical curettage, the treatment protocol was based on the use of a plant-derived commercial dressing. The animals were monitored and treated for 1–3 mo, until the soft tissue defects were completely healed by secondary intention. Interestingly, in the treated animals the healing flippers steadily recovered motility and sensation, restoring the complete functionality of the flipper. Vascularization of the limb was found to be critical to prevent amputation of entangled flippers, preserving the flipper and its functionality with conservative therapy and avoiding amputation as much as possible. Our study showed that in cases of entanglement, amputation does not need to be performed immediately but can wait for nonviability to declare itself following conservative therapy and should be reserved as a last-resort treatment.","PeriodicalId":22805,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Wildlife Diseases","volume":"38 1","pages":"145 - 156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87477255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 7

ARGAS (PERSICARGAS) GIGANTEUS SOFT TICK INFECTION WITH RICKETTSIA HOOGSTRAALI AND RELAPSING FEVER BORRELIA ON WILD AVIAN SPECIES OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST, USA 美国西南沙漠野生鸟类中巨蜱感染胡氏立克次体和疏螺旋体的研究

The Journal of Wildlife Diseases Pub Date : 2020-01-06 DOI: 10.7589/2018-11-275

Patricia J. Latas, L. Auckland, P. Teel, S. Hamer

{"title":"ARGAS (PERSICARGAS) GIGANTEUS SOFT TICK INFECTION WITH RICKETTSIA HOOGSTRAALI AND RELAPSING FEVER BORRELIA ON WILD AVIAN SPECIES OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST, USA","authors":"Patricia J. Latas, L. Auckland, P. Teel, S. Hamer","doi":"10.7589/2018-11-275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-11-275","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Changing climatic conditions and the northward expansion of ticks and pathogens are of immense importance to human, animal, and environmental health assessment and risk management. From 2014 through 2015, a wildlife rehabilitation center in south-central Arizona, US noted soft ticks (Argasidae) infesting 23 birds, including Cooper's Hawks (Accipiter cooperii), Gray Hawks (Buteo plagiatus), Harris's Hawks (Parabuteo unicinctus), Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus), Common Ravens (Corvus corax), and a Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), during the late summer seasonal rainy seasons. The parasites numbered in the hundreds on individual birds. Infested birds were moribund, obtunded, or paralyzed on presentation, with no prior histories of illness or evidence of trauma. Tick and avian blood samples were collected for vector-borne pathogen analysis focusing on the molecular detection of Rickettsia and Borrelia species. Ticks were identified as the neotropical species of soft tick, Argas (Persicargas) giganteus; their occurrence in the southern US on raptors represented an expansion of host range. Pathogen testing of ticks showed that 41% of 54 ticks were infected with Rickettsia hoogstraalii and 23% of 26 ticks were infected with a relapsing fever Borrelia; both agents are associated with uncertain health consequences. Among the blood samples, one was infected with the same Borrelia spp.; this Red-tailed Hawk also had Borrelia-positive ticks. With supportive therapy, the majority of birds, 74% (17/23), recovered and were released or permanent residents. The management of soft tick–infested birds and mitigation of future disease risk will require additional characterizations of these poorly studied soft ticks and their associated pathogens.","PeriodicalId":22805,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Wildlife Diseases","volume":"17 1","pages":"113 - 125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85870833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 6

Cutaneous Filariasis in Free-Ranging Rothschild's Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) in Uganda 乌干达自由放养的罗斯柴尔德长颈鹿(Giraffa camelopardalis Rothschild)的皮肤丝虫病

The Journal of Wildlife Diseases Pub Date : 2020-01-06 DOI: 10.7589/2018-09-212

C. Whittier, S. Murray, K. Holder, S. McGraw, R. Fleischer, Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, P. Black, Robert Yordi, M. Keigwin, Eric Enyel, P. Atimnedi

引用次数: 7

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHLAMYDIA-INDUCED REPRODUCTIVE DISEASE IN MALE KOALAS (PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS) FROM SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA AS ASSESSED FROM PENILE URETHRAL SWABS AND SEMEN 澳大利亚昆士兰东南部雄性无尾熊(phascolarctos cinereus)阴茎尿道拭子和精液衣原体性生殖疾病的流行病学研究

The Journal of Wildlife Diseases Pub Date : 2020-01-06 DOI: 10.7589/2019-03-062

L. Hulse, K. Beagley, W. Ellis, Sean I. FitzGibbon, A. Gillett, B. Barth, Amy Robbins, M. Pyne, R. Larkin, S. Johnston

{"title":"EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHLAMYDIA-INDUCED REPRODUCTIVE DISEASE IN MALE KOALAS (PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS) FROM SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA AS ASSESSED FROM PENILE URETHRAL SWABS AND SEMEN","authors":"L. Hulse, K. Beagley, W. Ellis, Sean I. FitzGibbon, A. Gillett, B. Barth, Amy Robbins, M. Pyne, R. Larkin, S. Johnston","doi":"10.7589/2019-03-062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7589/2019-03-062","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Declining population sizes of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in SE Queensland (QLD), Australia can partially be attributed to chlamydiosis, with the majority of epidemiological studies focusing on the prevalence of infection and associated pathology in female koalas, with lesser attention given to males. We aimed to explore the epidemiology of Chlamydia pecorum infection in the male urogenital tract from wild (hospitalized and free-ranging) koalas in SE QLD. Although 67% of male koalas were infected with C. pecorum in their urogenital tract and 55% were shedding the organism in their semen, only a third of the males sampled presented with overt signs of urogenital disease. Infection with C. pecorum was lower in populations from rural locations, compared with periurban locations, with a corresponding low association between urogenital infection and clinical disease. The presence of C. pecorum in penile urethral swabs was a good predictor of the presence of C. pecorum in semen, with a significant correlation (P=0.006) in 58% of males. In contrast, the C. pecorum load in penile urethral swabs was not a good predictor of the C. pecorum load in semen, with no significant correlation. In addition, 57% of male koalas had large numbers of bacterial copy numbers in the penile urethra (upper quartile) and 40% shedding into semen with no overt signs of disease. Investigation of the association of C. pecorum infection, body condition score, and age revealed that the highest incidence of urogenital infection occurred in males with the lowest body score (1 out of 10). Furthermore, 63% of sexually mature male koalas (>2 yr old) had urethral infections and 50% had C. pecorum in their semen. Our study suggested that the role of chlamydia in male koala infertility has been previously underestimated.","PeriodicalId":22805,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Wildlife Diseases","volume":"137 1","pages":"82 - 92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79699640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 8