Goodrich Erin L, McLean Amy, Guarino Cassandra
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
University of California Davis, Animal Science, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2020 Oct 2;10(10):1796. doi: 10.3390/ani10101796.
Recent removal and relocation of feral donkeys from vast public lands to more concentrated holding pens, training facilities, and offsite adoption locations raises several health and welfare concerns. Very little is known regarding the common equid pathogens that are circulating within the feral donkey population in and around Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The aim of this study was to utilize serologic assays to assess previous exposure of these donkeys to equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1), equine influenza (EIV), West Nile virus (WNV), and (the causative agent of Lyme disease). The results of this study indicate that this feral equid population is mostly naïve and likely susceptible to these common equid pathogens upon removal from the wild.
近期，将野生驴从广袤的公共土地转移并重新安置到更集中的饲养围栏、训练设施及异地收养地点引发了若干健康和福利问题。对于美国加利福尼亚州死亡谷国家公园及其周边野生驴种群中传播的常见马属动物病原体，人们知之甚少。本研究的目的是利用血清学检测方法评估这些驴先前是否接触过马疱疹病毒1型（EHV-1）、马流感（EIV）、西尼罗河病毒（WNV）以及伯氏疏螺旋体（莱姆病病原体）。本研究结果表明，这群野生马属动物大多未曾接触过这些病原体，从野外移除后可能易感染这些常见的马属动物病原体。
