Kock N D, van Vliet A H, Charlton K, Jongejan F
Department of Paraclinical Veterinary Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
J Clin Microbiol. 1995 Sep;33(9):2501-4. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.9.2501-2504.1995.
Cowdria ruminantium causes severe, often fatal disease in domestic ruminants, whereas wildlife species usually are not affected. Blood and bone marrow samples from healthy, free-ranging Zimbabwean ungulates were taken during translocation from areas harboring Amblyomma ticks and tested for the presence of C. ruminantium, using a PCR assay based on the C. ruminantium map1 gene. Positive reactions were obtained in tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), and impala (Aepyceros melampus). Wildlife species may therefore be a reservoir for C. ruminantium thus contributing to the spread of cowdriosis.
反刍动物考德里氏体可导致家养反刍动物患上严重且往往致命的疾病,而野生动物通常不受影响。在将健康的、自由放养的津巴布韦有蹄类动物从携带钝缘蜱的地区进行转移期间,采集了血液和骨髓样本,并使用基于反刍动物考德里氏体map1基因的聚合酶链反应(PCR)检测法检测是否存在反刍动物考德里氏体。在转角牛羚(白纹牛羚)、水羚(水羚属)和黑斑羚(黑斑羚属)中获得了阳性反应。因此,野生动物物种可能是反刍动物考德里氏体的宿主,从而导致心水病的传播。