title: Serosurvey of roe deer, chamois and domestic sheep in the central Italian Alps.
abstract: Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), chamois (Rupicapra rupricapra rupicapra), and domestic sheep in the Orobie Alps, Italy, were serologically tested for antibodies to selected pathogens that may be transmitted across species. Antibodies against Brucella spp. and bovine herpesvirus 1 (roe deer and chamois only) were not detected in any species. In roe deer, antibodies were detected against Toxoplasma gondii (13%) and Neospora caninum (3%). Chamois tested positive for antibodies to T. gondii (5%), N. caninum (21%), bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) (41%), bovine parainfluenza type-3 virus (17%), pestiviruses (18%), and Mycoplasma conjunctivae (17%). In the sheep, particularly high antibody prevalence rates were found for T. gondii (78%), Chlamydophila spp. (20%), pestiviruses (90%), BRSV (82%), and M. conjunctivae (81%).
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna Bruno Ubertini, Via Rovelli 53, I-24100 Bergamo, Italy. alessandra.gaffuri@bs.izs.it
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaffuri
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giacometti
authors.forename: Vito Massimo
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Tranquillo
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Magnino
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cordioli
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lanfranchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000097:blood; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000097:blood; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D003670:Deer; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D048608:Rupicapra; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000914:Antibodies, Viral