Lee Minkyo, Seo Min-Goo, Lee Seung-Hun, Ouh In-Ohk, Kim Young-Hoan, Kim Joong-Kew, Goo Youn-Kyoung, Rhee Man-Hee, Kim Tae-Hwan, Kwon Oh-Deog, Kwak Dongmi
College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Bukgu, Daegu 41566, Korea.
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk 39660, Korea.
J Vet Med Sci. 2018 Sep 26;80(9):1473-1478. doi: 10.1292/jvms.18-0307. Epub 2018 Aug 10.
The purpose of this study was to assess tick-borne pathogenic infections in 42 wild Korean water deer (KWD) and 26 farmed elk in the Gyeongbuk and Gangwon Provinces of Korea. Among the 42 wild KWD tested, the eighteen (42.9%) and five (11.9%) samples tested positive for Anaplasma phagocytophilum and A. bovis, respectively, by PCR and DNA sequencing. All positive samples were only from wild KWD. All samples were negative for other tick-borne pathogens tested. Detected 16S rRNA sequences of A. phagocytophilum and A. bovis showed 98.6-99.8% and 94.4-100% identity to those of sequences in GenBank, respectively. Because few studies have examined tick-borne pathogens in wild animals, appropriate control programs and studies are needed to prevent pathogen transmission.
本研究的目的是评估韩国庆尚北道和江原道42只野生韩国水鹿（KWD）和26只养殖麋鹿中蜱传致病性感染情况。在检测的42只野生KWD中，通过PCR和DNA测序，分别有18份（42.9%）和5份（11.9%）样本对嗜吞噬细胞无形体和牛无形体检测呈阳性。所有阳性样本仅来自野生KWD。所有样本对检测的其他蜱传病原体均呈阴性。检测到的嗜吞噬细胞无形体和牛无形体的16S rRNA序列与GenBank中的序列分别具有98.6 - 99.8%和94.4 - 100%的同源性。由于很少有研究检测野生动物中的蜱传病原体，因此需要适当的防控计划和研究来预防病原体传播。
