1Present address: Carolina Probst, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute for Epidemiology, Seestraße 55, 16868 Wusterhausen, Germany.
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Serosurvey of zoo ungulates in central Europe
Article first published online: 23 DEC 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2010.00117.x
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PROBST, C., SPECK, S. and HOFER, H. (2011), Serosurvey of zoo ungulates in central Europe. International Zoo Yearbook, 45: 168–182. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2010.00117.x
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1Present address: Carolina Probst, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute for Epidemiology, Seestraße 55, 16868 Wusterhausen, Germany.
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2Present address: Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Neuherbergstrasse 11, 80937 Munich, Germany.
Publication History
- Issue published online: 29 MAR 2011
- Article first published online: 23 DEC 2010
- Manuscript submitted 29 March 2010; revised 17 June 2010; accepted 19 July 2010
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Keywords:
- cross-species transmission;
- infectious diseases;
- mixed-species exhibits;
- serological survey;
- zoo animals
In total, 926 individuals representing 69 different species of bovids, cervids and camelids from one Czech and ten German zoos were tested for antibodies against five viral and three bacterial pathogens that can be transmitted across species borders. In addition, the archived veterinary data of all bovids, cervids and camelids, kept at eight of the 11 zoos between 1998 and 2004, were reviewed. The results demonstrate that both malignant catarrhal fever and Chlamydophila psittaci were endemic in zoo ruminants in Germany. Epidemiologic factors are discussed that might have a qualitative implication for cross-species transmission within zoos. The factors included are population size, population density and exhibit type (single species/mixed species).