Cybulska Aleksandra, Skopek Rafał, Kornacka Aleksandra, Popiołek Marcin, Piróg Agnieszka, Laskowski Zdzisław, Moskwa Bożena
Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warsaw, Twarda 51/55, Poland.
Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-818 Warsaw, Twarda 51/55, Poland.
Vet Parasitol. 2018 Apr 30;254:114-119. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.03.007. Epub 2018 Mar 14.
The raccoon (Procyon lotor) is a North American carnivore introduced to Europe in the 20th Century. Raccoons are believed to be the potential hosts of many parasites, or to be involved in their transmission to other animals. Nematodes of the genus Trichinella can infect many carnivorous and omnivorous animals worldwide. The aim of the present study was to determine the occurrence of Trichinella spp. infection in raccoons in Central Europe. Muscle samples were collected from various regions of Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany during the years 2012-2016. The larvae of Trichinella spp. were detected in 11 raccoons, and these were identified as T. spiralis and T. pseudospiralis by multiplex PCR (89.9% and 9.1%, respectively). No mixed infection was observed. This is the first report describing the occurrence of T. spiralis and T. pseudospiralis in P. lotor in Central Europe. Our findings also show that the raccoon population acts as a reservoir of Trichinella pseudospiralis.
浣熊（北美浣熊）是一种20世纪被引入欧洲的北美食肉动物。人们认为浣熊是许多寄生虫的潜在宿主，或者参与了这些寄生虫向其他动物的传播。旋毛虫属线虫可感染全球许多肉食性和杂食性动物。本研究的目的是确定中欧地区浣熊旋毛虫属感染情况。2012年至2016年期间，从波兰、捷克共和国和德国的不同地区采集了肌肉样本。在11只浣熊中检测到旋毛虫属幼虫，通过多重PCR将其鉴定为旋毛形线虫和伪旋毛形线虫（分别占89.9%和9.1%）。未观察到混合感染。这是第一份描述中欧地区北美浣熊体内旋毛形线虫和伪旋毛形线虫感染情况的报告。我们的研究结果还表明，浣熊种群是伪旋毛形线虫的储存宿主。
