HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Gaffuri, A. Articles by Lanfranchi, P. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Gaffuri, A. Articles by Lanfranchi, P.

¹ Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna "Bruno Ubertini" (IZSLER), Via Rovelli 53, I-24100 Bergamo, Italy;
² Wildvet Projects, CH-7605 Stampa, Switzerland;
³ IZSLER, Via Bianchi 9, I-25124 Brescia, Italy;
⁴ IZSLER, Via Taramelli 7, I-27100 Pavia, Italy;
⁵ Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Igiene e Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria, Università di Milano, Via Celoria 10, I-20133 Milan, Italy
⁶ Corresponding author (email: alessandra.gaffuri{at}bs.izs.it)

ABSTRACT:   Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), chamois (Rupicapra rupricapra rupicapra), and domestic sheep in the Orobie Alps, Italy, were serologically tested for antibodies to selected pathogens that may be transmitted across species. Antibodies against Brucella spp. and bovine herpesvirus 1 (roe deer and chamois only) were not detected in any species. In roe deer, antibodies were detected against Toxoplasma gondii (13%) and Neospora caninum (3%). Chamois tested positive for antibodies to T. gondii (5%), N. caninum (21%), bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) (41%), bovine parainfluenza type-3 virus (17%), pestiviruses (18%), and Mycoplasma conjunctivae (17%). In the sheep, particularly high antibody prevalence rates were found for T. gondii (78%), Chlamydophila spp. (20%), pestiviruses (90%), BRSV (82%), and M. conjunctivae (81%).
  Key words:  Alpine chamois, domestic sheep, Italian Alps, roe deer, serosurvey.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				J. P. Dubey, G. Schares, and L. M. Ortega-Mora Epidemiology and Control of Neosporosis and Neospora caninum Clin. Microbiol. Rev., April 1, 2007; 20(2): 323 - 367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]