Antlers are bony structures that undergo regular annual growth, mineralisation and casting phases, representing only mammalian organs capable of full regeneration. Myiasis is infestation of live vertebrates with dipterous larvae. We sampled mineralised antlers from a red deer spiker stag 2 months after velvet shedding, divided it into three segments and fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLiver fluke infections are acknowledged as diseases with global prevalence and significant implications for both veterinary and public health. The large American liver fluke, , is a significant non-native parasite introduced to Europe, threatening the survival of local wildlife populations. The aim of this study was to analyze differences in the serum proteome and metabolome between -infected and control red deer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman induced translocation and introduction of species have reshaped parasite fauna on a global scale. The introduction of the large American liver fluke Fascioloides magna from North America to Europe is an example of an invasive alien parasite causing significant ecological and economic damage. Recent genetic studies have shown that F.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to investigate the fatty acid (FA) composition of edible dormouse m. biceps femoris in both sexes. More than 20 FA were identified in the muscle, with the 18:1cis-9 (oleic acid) being the most abundant in both sexes, comprising more than 50% of total FA in muscle.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFascioloidosis is a parasitic disease caused by a trematode . Since major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes play an important role in the immune response, the aim of this study was to compare the potential differences in MHC class II SLA-DRB1 exon 2 genes between wild boar populations from infected (cases) and non-infected areas (controls). During the winter of 2021, a total of 136 wild boar tissue samples were collected, 39 cases and 97 controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRotavirus A (RVA) is an important pathogen for porcine health. In comparison to humans, RVA in domestic animals and especially in wildlife is under researched. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence, genetic diversity, molecular epidemiology and interspecies transmission of RVA in domestic pigs and wild boars.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMajor histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are widely recognised as valuable markers for wildlife genetic studies given their extreme polymorphism and functional importance in fitness-related traits. Newly developed genotyping methods, which rely on the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS), are gradually replacing traditional cloning and Sanger sequencing methods in MHC genotyping studies. Allele calling in NGS methods remains challenging due to extreme polymorphism and locus multiplication in the MHC coupled with allele amplification bias and the generation of artificial sequences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLiver fluke, Fascioloides magna, is an important non-native parasite introduced to Europe, posing a threat to survival of local wildlife populations. The aim of this study was to assess the serum and liver protein profile of control and F. magna infected wild boars, by means of shotgun tandem mass tag - based quantitative high resolution proteomics approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFascioloidosis is an allochthonous parasitic disease in Europe caused by the digenean trematode . The final hosts of in Europe are defined as definitive, aberrant and dead-end. Roe deer are aberrant hosts in which juvenile flukes permanently migrate through the liver parenchyma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe cestode Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis, a severe helminthic zoonotic disease distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. The lifecycle of the parasite is mainly sylvatic, involving canid and rodent hosts. The absence of genetic data from most eastern European countries is a major knowledge gap, affecting the study of associations with parasite populations in Western Europe.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlveolar echinococcosis, caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, is one of the world's most dangerous zoonosis and an emerging disease with growing incidence in humans. The disease has been reported in new areas and host species in the last two decades, and the primary hosts of the parasite - red fox, golden jackal and grey wolf - are expanding their distribution in Europe. Here we report the morphological and molecular identification of Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworms in one of 29 carcasses of adult golden jackals in Croatia, where the only previous report of the parasite was in red foxes in 2016.
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