Role of wild carnivores in the epizootology and epidemiology of trichinellosis
2000
Georgieva, D. | Koinarski, V. | Ivanov, A. | Prelesov, P. | Kirkova, Z. (Thracian University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria))
The ocurrence of trichinellosis in wild carnivores and their role in the epizootology and epiodemiology of the disease was studied. In the period 1995-2000, 78 foxes, 45 jackals, 18 wolves, 21 martens, 16 wild cats, 6 badgers and 2 otters, shot in different regions of the mountains East Stara Planina and Sredna Gora, were necropsized. Twenty-four pieces from crura diaphragmatica obtained from each animal, were studied through trichinelloscopy. The highest extensity of invasion (EI) was found out in martens. From all 21 martens, 13 (61.9%) were invaded by trichinellae. The positive results for the other wild animal species were as followed: 42.3% for foxes; 33.3% for jackals; 22.2% for wolves, 31.3% for wild cats and 33.3% for badgers. No trichinellae were present in the muscle samples taken from otters.
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