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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 41(2), 2005, pp. 459-462
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Cilia-associated Respiratory (CAR) Bacillus Infection in Adult Red Deer, Chamois, and Roe Deer

Raffaella Bergottini1,4, Silvana Mattiello2, Luca Crippa3 and Eugenio Scanziani1

1 Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Igiene e Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria, Istituto di Anatomia Patologica e Patologia Aviare, University of Milan;
2 Istituto di Zootecnia, University of Milan;
3 Novuspharma, Bresso, Milan, Italy
4 Corresponding author (email: raffaella.bergottini{at}unimi.it)

ABSTRACT:   Cilia-associated respiratory (CAR) bacillus is an unclassified bacterium that colonizes the ciliated epithelium of airways in laboratory rats, laboratory mice, and laboratory and conventionally reared rabbits, cattle, goats, and pigs. Data on the prevalence of CAR bacillus infection in wild animals are lacking. The present study demonstrated the occurrence of the organism in wild red deer (Cervus elaphus hippelaphus), chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from the Val Fontana in northern Italy. Prevalence ranged from 26% for red deer to 56% for chamois, with a statistically significant negative correlation between CAR bacilli infection and the presence of lymphoid follicles.
  Key words:  CAR, cilia-associated respiratory, chamois, deer, Italy, wild.




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