Trichinella spp. in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), Brown Bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian Lynxes (Lynx lynx) and Badgers (Meles meles) in Estonia, 2007-2014
Simple Summary Trichinellosis is an important foodborne zoonosis. In Estonia, Trichinella infections are endemic in wild animals. This paper summarizes findings of Trichinella-parasites during an 8-year period in Estonia in selected host species: wild boars, brown bears, Eurasian lynxes, and badgers...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/325898 2024-01-07T09:47:11+01:00 Trichinella spp. in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), Brown Bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian Lynxes (Lynx lynx) and Badgers (Meles meles) in Estonia, 2007-2014 Karssin, Age Häkkinen, Liidia Vilem, Annika Jokelainen, Pikka Lassen, Brian Departments of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Staff Services Veterinary Pathology and Parasitology Veterinary Biosciences Antti Sukura / Principal Investigator 2021-02-04T11:31:01Z 14 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/325898 eng eng MDPI 10.3390/ani11010183 Karssin , A , Häkkinen , L , Vilem , A , Jokelainen , P & Lassen , B 2021 , ' Trichinella spp. in Wild Boars ( Sus scrofa ), Brown Bears ( Ursus arctos ), Eurasian Lynxes ( Lynx lynx ) and Badgers ( Meles meles ) in Estonia, 2007-2014 ' , Animals , vol. 11 , no. 1 , 183 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010183 ORCID: /0000-0002-3035-5094/work/88203160 f475aa16-0f5c-4248-a64c-6405e5161487 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/325898 000609678500001 cc_by openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess foodborne game meat Trichinella wildlife zoonosis 11832 Microbiology and virology 416 Food Science 413 Veterinary science Article publishedVersion 2021 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:09:53Z Simple Summary Trichinellosis is an important foodborne zoonosis. In Estonia, Trichinella infections are endemic in wild animals. This paper summarizes findings of Trichinella-parasites during an 8-year period in Estonia in selected host species: wild boars, brown bears, Eurasian lynxes, and badgers. The results highlight that testing wildlife hunted for human consumption for Trichinella is important, and that there is room for improvement in the proportion of hunted animals tested. In this study, we summarize Trichinella findings from four wild, free-ranging host species from Estonia during 2007-2014. Trichinella spp. larvae were detected in 281 (0.9%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.8-1.0) of 30,566 wild boars (Sus scrofa), 63 (14.7%, 95% CI 11.6-18.3) of 429 brown bears (Ursus arctos), 59 (65.56%, 95% CI 55.3-74.8) of 90 Eurasian lynxes (Lynx lynx), and three (60.0%, 95% CI 18.2-92.7) of five badgers (Meles meles). All four European Trichinella species were detected: T. britovi in 0.7% of the wild boars, 7.2% of the brown bears, 45.6% of the lynxes, and 40.0% of the badgers; T. nativa in 0.1% of the wild boars, 5.8% of the brown bears, and 20.0% of the lynxes; T. pseudospiralis in 0.02% the wild boars; and T. spiralis in 0.03% of the wild boars and 4.4% of the lynxes. The results include the first description from Estonia of T. britovi in brown bear and badgers, T. pseudospiralis in wild boars, and T. spiralis in wild boars and lynxes. The results indicate high infection pressure in the sylvatic cycles across the years-illustrating continuous risk of spillover to domestic cycles and of transmission to humans. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Lynx HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Animals 11 1 183 |
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foodborne game meat Trichinella wildlife zoonosis 11832 Microbiology and virology 416 Food Science 413 Veterinary science Karssin, Age Häkkinen, Liidia Vilem, Annika Jokelainen, Pikka Lassen, Brian Trichinella spp. in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), Brown Bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian Lynxes (Lynx lynx) and Badgers (Meles meles) in Estonia, 2007-2014 |
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Simple Summary Trichinellosis is an important foodborne zoonosis. In Estonia, Trichinella infections are endemic in wild animals. This paper summarizes findings of Trichinella-parasites during an 8-year period in Estonia in selected host species: wild boars, brown bears, Eurasian lynxes, and badgers. The results highlight that testing wildlife hunted for human consumption for Trichinella is important, and that there is room for improvement in the proportion of hunted animals tested. In this study, we summarize Trichinella findings from four wild, free-ranging host species from Estonia during 2007-2014. Trichinella spp. larvae were detected in 281 (0.9%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.8-1.0) of 30,566 wild boars (Sus scrofa), 63 (14.7%, 95% CI 11.6-18.3) of 429 brown bears (Ursus arctos), 59 (65.56%, 95% CI 55.3-74.8) of 90 Eurasian lynxes (Lynx lynx), and three (60.0%, 95% CI 18.2-92.7) of five badgers (Meles meles). All four European Trichinella species were detected: T. britovi in 0.7% of the wild boars, 7.2% of the brown bears, 45.6% of the lynxes, and 40.0% of the badgers; T. nativa in 0.1% of the wild boars, 5.8% of the brown bears, and 20.0% of the lynxes; T. pseudospiralis in 0.02% the wild boars; and T. spiralis in 0.03% of the wild boars and 4.4% of the lynxes. The results include the first description from Estonia of T. britovi in brown bear and badgers, T. pseudospiralis in wild boars, and T. spiralis in wild boars and lynxes. The results indicate high infection pressure in the sylvatic cycles across the years-illustrating continuous risk of spillover to domestic cycles and of transmission to humans. Peer reviewed |
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Karssin, Age Häkkinen, Liidia Vilem, Annika Jokelainen, Pikka Lassen, Brian |
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Trichinella spp. in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), Brown Bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian Lynxes (Lynx lynx) and Badgers (Meles meles) in Estonia, 2007-2014 |
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Trichinella spp. in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), Brown Bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian Lynxes (Lynx lynx) and Badgers (Meles meles) in Estonia, 2007-2014 |
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Trichinella spp. in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), Brown Bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian Lynxes (Lynx lynx) and Badgers (Meles meles) in Estonia, 2007-2014 |
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Trichinella spp. in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), Brown Bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian Lynxes (Lynx lynx) and Badgers (Meles meles) in Estonia, 2007-2014 |
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Trichinella spp. in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), Brown Bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian Lynxes (Lynx lynx) and Badgers (Meles meles) in Estonia, 2007-2014 |
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trichinella spp. in wild boars (sus scrofa), brown bears (ursus arctos), eurasian lynxes (lynx lynx) and badgers (meles meles) in estonia, 2007-2014 |
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10.3390/ani11010183 Karssin , A , Häkkinen , L , Vilem , A , Jokelainen , P & Lassen , B 2021 , ' Trichinella spp. in Wild Boars ( Sus scrofa ), Brown Bears ( Ursus arctos ), Eurasian Lynxes ( Lynx lynx ) and Badgers ( Meles meles ) in Estonia, 2007-2014 ' , Animals , vol. 11 , no. 1 , 183 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010183 ORCID: /0000-0002-3035-5094/work/88203160 f475aa16-0f5c-4248-a64c-6405e5161487 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/325898 000609678500001 |
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