20.500.12556/RUL-166844 Seroprevalence of infectious pathogens of zoonotic and veterinary importance in wild ruminants from Slovenia Introduction: Wildlife represents an increasingly important source of pathogens of medical and veterinary importance. Surveillance in wildlife offers an insight on current epidemiological status of selected pathogens and help to prevent spillovers to humans and livestock. Material and methods: Our study included 312 wild ruminants belonging to five species: Roe deer (n = 134), red deer (n = 113), Alpine chamois (n = 53), European mouflon (n = 10) and Alpine ibex (n = 2). Seven pathogens that may have profound effect on human/livestock health and economic viability of the farms were tested using serological methods. Results: Antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum, Coxiella burnetii, Brucella spp., Chlamydophila abortus, Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) and Mycobacterium bovis were detected in 34.62% (108/312), 0.96% (3/312), 2.24% (7/312), 0, 0.96% (3/312), 0, 0.64% (2/312) of animals tested, respectively. Because of low prevalences, risk factors were assessed only for T. gondii. Sex (female>male) and species (roe deer>red deer, roe deer>Alpine chamois) were significantly associated with the T. gondii positive outcome, while age was not. Discussion: Adult males had the lowest T. gondii prevalence which offers future research opportunities. The lower seroprevalence of most investigated pathogens suggests game meat, if properly cooked, as being relatively safe for human consumption. This is the first study investigating the seroprevalence and associated risk factors of selected pathogens in wild ruminants in Slovenia. wild ruminants roe deer red deer serology infectious diseases Toxoplasma gondii risk factors One Health wild animals ruminants deer communicable diseases toxoplasma divjad jelenjad srnjad kužne bolezni dejavniki tveganja veterinarska medicina true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-01-27 15:14:27 2025-01-27 15:14:32 2025-01-28 04:00:21 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 9 str. Vol. 11, art. 1415304 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 636.09:616 2297-1769 10.3389/fvets.2024.1415304 198346243 fvets-11-1415304.pdf fvets-11-1415304.pdf 1 84BE1726EBDAA115AEA0F19BC6471B81 3b0c15cd2e4691ffc952f03b19af131b619e0ed96169eebed8faa22ab77ba461 779c8713-dcb8-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=198782 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1415304/full 0 daa60b7a-dcb8-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=198783 Veterinarska fakulteta Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0