Case report : first report of potentially zoonotic Gongylonema pulchrum in a free-living roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Slovenia

Bandelj, Petra (avtor), Žele-Vengušt, Diana (avtor), Vengušt, Gorazd (avtor), Kušar, Darja (avtor)

Adult female and male Gongylonema nematodes were found in the oesophagus of a free-living roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Slovenia during passive health surveillance of wildlife. The genus Gongylonema was determined by light microscopy based on the genus-specific cuticular bosses in the anterior part of the parasite. Molecular methods were used to confirm the species Gongylonema pulchrum, which has zoonotic potential. Although Gongylonema species are considered common and distributed worldwide, this is the first report of G. pulchrum in an animal on the territory of Slovenia and the first molecular report in a roe deer worldwide. The parasite is likely to be underdiagnosed, misdiagnosed or goes unnoticed as the animals show little or no clinical signs and minor pathological lesions. Slaughterhouse workers, hunters and veterinarians should be aware of this elusive parasite. Examination and evisceration of the upper digestive tract of animals should therefore be carried out more carefully.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: Gongylonema pulchrum, nematode, zoonosis, roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), oesophagus, sequencing, spiruroidea, Polymerase Chain Reaction, PCR, animals, wild, deer
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: VF - Veterinarska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: 6 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 11, art. 1444614
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-159824
• UDK: 636.09:616
• ISSN pri članku: 2297-1769
• DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1444614
• COBISS.SI-ID: 202901763
• Datum objave v RUL: 26.07.2024

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Frontiers in veterinary science
• Skrajšan naslov: Front. vet. sci.
• Založnik: Frontiers Media
• ISSN: 2297-1769
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3969402

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 26.07.2024

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P4-0092
• Naslov: Zdravje živali, okolje in varna hrana