First records of Dirofilaria repens in wild canids from the region of Central Balkan
Dirofilaria repens causes an emerging zoonotic disease in Europe, particularly in its southern part, the Mediterranean region. Many reports on human dirofilariosis have been published recently, but little is known about the wildlife hosts and reservoirs of this parasite in nature. This paper present...
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ftmtak:oai:real.mtak.hu:49790 2023-05-15T15:50:26+02:00 First records of Dirofilaria repens in wild canids from the region of Central Balkan Ćirović, Duško Penezić, Aleksandra Pavlović, Ivan Kulišić, Zoran Ćosić, Nada Burazerović, Jelena Maletić, Vladimir 2014 text http://real.mtak.hu/49790/ http://real.mtak.hu/49790/1/avet.2014.021.pdf https://doi.org/10.1556/AVet.2014.021 en eng Akadémiai Kiadó http://real.mtak.hu/49790/1/avet.2014.021.pdf Ćirović, Duško and Penezić, Aleksandra and Pavlović, Ivan and Kulišić, Zoran and Ćosić, Nada and Burazerović, Jelena and Maletić, Vladimir (2014) First records of Dirofilaria repens in wild canids from the region of Central Balkan. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 62 (4). pp. 481-488. ISSN 0236-6290 SV Veterinary science / állatorvostudomány Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2014 ftmtak https://doi.org/10.1556/AVet.2014.021 2023-04-05T23:32:29Z Dirofilaria repens causes an emerging zoonotic disease in Europe, particularly in its southern part, the Mediterranean region. Many reports on human dirofilariosis have been published recently, but little is known about the wildlife hosts and reservoirs of this parasite in nature. This paper presents the first records of adult D. repens specimens from free-ranging carnivores in Central Balkan countries (Serbia and Macedonia). During the period 2009–2013, a total of 145 regularly shot canids were examined for the presence of D. repens adults. In order to investigate their role as hosts and potential wild reservoirs of this zoonosis, 71 wolves (Canis lupus), 48 foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and 26 jackals (Canis aureus) were examined. Under the skin of two wolves (one from Serbia and one from Macedonia) and of a red fox from Serbia D. repens adults were found. In all three cases only one parasite was present. Further research on wild canids is needed, particularly on species widening their range (such as jackals) and those living near human settlements (foxes and jackals), which facilitates the transmission of the parasites to dogs and humans. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus MTAK: REAL (Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Acta Veterinaria Hungarica 62 4 481 488 |
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SV Veterinary science / állatorvostudomány Ćirović, Duško Penezić, Aleksandra Pavlović, Ivan Kulišić, Zoran Ćosić, Nada Burazerović, Jelena Maletić, Vladimir First records of Dirofilaria repens in wild canids from the region of Central Balkan |
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Dirofilaria repens causes an emerging zoonotic disease in Europe, particularly in its southern part, the Mediterranean region. Many reports on human dirofilariosis have been published recently, but little is known about the wildlife hosts and reservoirs of this parasite in nature. This paper presents the first records of adult D. repens specimens from free-ranging carnivores in Central Balkan countries (Serbia and Macedonia). During the period 2009–2013, a total of 145 regularly shot canids were examined for the presence of D. repens adults. In order to investigate their role as hosts and potential wild reservoirs of this zoonosis, 71 wolves (Canis lupus), 48 foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and 26 jackals (Canis aureus) were examined. Under the skin of two wolves (one from Serbia and one from Macedonia) and of a red fox from Serbia D. repens adults were found. In all three cases only one parasite was present. Further research on wild canids is needed, particularly on species widening their range (such as jackals) and those living near human settlements (foxes and jackals), which facilitates the transmission of the parasites to dogs and humans. |
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Ćirović, Duško Penezić, Aleksandra Pavlović, Ivan Kulišić, Zoran Ćosić, Nada Burazerović, Jelena Maletić, Vladimir |
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First records of Dirofilaria repens in wild canids from the region of Central Balkan |
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First records of Dirofilaria repens in wild canids from the region of Central Balkan |
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First records of Dirofilaria repens in wild canids from the region of Central Balkan |
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First records of Dirofilaria repens in wild canids from the region of Central Balkan |
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First records of Dirofilaria repens in wild canids from the region of Central Balkan |
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first records of dirofilaria repens in wild canids from the region of central balkan |
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