title: Lawsonia intracellularis in wild mammals in the Slovak Carpathians.
abstract: Feces of wild mammals were collected in the Bukovské Vrchy Hills (north-eastern Slovakia) in January and February 2002. The feces were examined for Lawsonia intracellularis by means of nested polymerase chain reaction. A total of 194 samples of feces from red deer (Cervus elaphus), 46 samples from roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), 31 samples from red fox (Vulpes vulpes), 23 samples from gray wolf (Canis lupus), and 12 samples from brown hare (Lepus europaeus) were examined. Lawsonia intracellularis was found in two samples from wolves, in two samples from foxes, and one sample from red deer. This is the first description of L. intracellularis in these three species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1-3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic. tomanovak@vfu.cz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomanová
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Literák
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klimes
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pavlacík
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mrlík
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smola
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001483:Base Sequence; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003670:Deer; D045824:Desulfovibrionaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004751:Enteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005589:Foxes; D034621:Hares; D020639:Lawsonia Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008322:Mammals; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D019596:Wolves
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S