RT Journal Article
T1 Prevalence and distribution of infectious and parasitic agents in roe deer from Spain and their possible role as reservoirs
A1 Morrondo Pelayo, María Patrocinio
A1 Pérez Creo, Ana
A1 Prieto, Alberto
A1 Cabanelas Dopazo, Eva
A1 Díaz Cao, José Manuel
A1 Arias Vázquez, María Sol
A1 Díaz Fernández, Pablo
A1 Pajares Bernaldo de Quirós, Gerardo
A1 Remesar Alonso, Susana
A1 López Sández, Ceferino Manuel
A1 Fernández, Gonzalo
A1 Díez Baños, Pablo
A1 Panadero Fontán, Rosario
K1 Bacteria
K1 Parasites
K1 Roe deer
K1 Spain
K1 Viruses
AB In order to provide up-to-date information about the prevalence of infectious and parasitic agents in Spanish roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), samples from 93 animals hunted from January 2013 to April 2015 were collected and analysed by parasitological, serological and molecular techniques. Sampled animals came from four roe deer populations corresponding to Oceanic, Continental, Mediterranean and Mountainous ecosystems of Spain. Data regarding sex, age and year were also considered. A high percentage of roe deer (95.7%) resulted positive for at least one agent. Sarcocystis spp. was the most frequently diagnosed genus (88.8%), followed by gastrointestinal nematodes (62.9%) and Schmallenberg virus (53.5%). Varestrongylus capreoli (38%), Anaplasma phagocitophylum (34.2%), Eimeria spp. (29.2%), Toxoplasma gondii (25%) and Cephenemyia stimulator (23.8%) displayed medium prevalences and, finally low percentages were registered for Moniezia spp. (6.7%), Dictyocaulus noerneri (2.4%) and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (1.5%). No infections by Neospora caninum, Bovine herpesvirus, pestivirus or Coxiella burnetii were found. Climate was significantly associated with the prevalence of T. gondii, C. stimulator and A. phagocitophylum, with higher prevalences in animals from Oceanic and Mediterranean areas. Our results suggest that infections affecting Spanish roe deer, especially those of parasitic aetiology, represent one of the causes of the descent in the abundance of this ungulate in the last years. Moreover, the high prevalence of zoonotic agents such as T. gondii and A. phagocitophylum could also have a great relevance in the environmental and/or Public Health.
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2017
FD 2017-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/15936
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/15936
LA eng
NO Morrondo, M. P., Pérez-Creo, A., Prieto, A., Cabanelas, E., Díaz-Cao, J. M., Arias, M. S., ... & Fernández, G. (2017). Prevalence and distribution of infectious and parasitic agents in roe deer from Spain and their possible role as reservoirs. Italian Journal of Animal Science, 16(2), 266-274
NO This research was supported by a Programme for consolidating and structuring competitive research groups (GRC2015/003, Xunta de Galicia) and by the Research Project ‘RUMIGAL: Rede de estudo multidisciplinar dos ruminantes en Galicia’ (R2014/005, Xunta de Galicia, Spain)
DS Minerva
RD 22 abr 2026