SURVEY FOR SELECTED DISEASES IN NUTRIA (MYOCASTOR COYPUS) FROM LOUISIANA

被引:23
作者
HOWERTH, EW [1 ]
REEVES, AJ [1 ]
MCELVEEN, MR [1 ]
AUSTIN, FW [1 ]
机构
[1] LOUISIANA STATE UNIV,SCH VET MED,LOUISIANA VET MED DIAGNOST LAB,BATON ROUGE,LA 70803
关键词
NUTRIA; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; LEPTOSPIRA; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; SALMONELLA; GIARDIA;
D O I
10.7589/0090-3558-30.3.450
中图分类号
S85 [动物医学(兽医学)];
学科分类号
0906 ;
摘要
Thirty-two trapper-caught nutria (Myocastor coypus) from East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Tangipahoa, and St. Helena Parishes in Louisiana (USA) were sampled for several disease agents. Antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii, Chlamydia psittaci, Francisella tularensis, Leptospira spp., and encephalomyocarditis virus were detected in 7%, 14%, 0%, 7%, and 0% of nutria, respectively. Both animals seropositive for leptospirae were positive for L. interrogans serovar canicola. No Salmonella spp. were isolated from feces, and no Giardia spp. were seen in trichrome-stained fecal preparations.
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