Toxoplasma gondii coinfection with diseases and parasites in wild rabbits in Scotland

Mason, S; Dubey, JP; Smith, JE; Boag, B

Toxoplasma gondii coinfection with diseases and parasites in wild rabbits in Scotland

Mason, S Dubey, JP Smith, JE

Boag, B

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Citation:: Parasitology, 2015, 142 (11), pp. 1415 - 1421
Issue Date:: 2015-09-22

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Mason, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dubey, JP	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Smith, JE https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2206-3534	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Boag, B	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-09-22	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Parasitology, 2015, 142 (11), pp. 1415 - 1421	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0031-1820	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/119172
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 Cambridge University Press. In wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) on an estate in Perthshire, central Scotland, the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii was 18/548 (3.3%). The wild rabbit could be a T. gondii reservoir and it has potential value as a sentinel of T. gondii in environmental substrates. Toxoplasma gondii was associated with female sex (P < 0.001) and with relatively heavy infections by Eimeria stiedae (P = 0.036). It was not associated with the intensity of coccidial oocysts, the severity of myxomatosis caused by the virus Myxomatosis cuniculi, the intensity of roundworm eggs, the year or season, rabbit age or distance from farm buildings. Coinfections could have been affected by gestational down regulation of type 1 T helper cells. A sudden influx or release of T. gondii oocysts might have occurred. This is the first report of T. gondii in any wild herbivore in Scotland and also the first report of lapine T. gondii as a coinfection with E. stiedae, M. cuniculi and helminths.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Parasitology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1017/S003118201500075X	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Mycology & Parasitology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Rabbits	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Eimeria	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Toxoplasma	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Oocysts	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Myxoma virus	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Myxomatosis, Infectious	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Helminthiasis, Animal	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Toxoplasmosis, Animal	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Coccidiosis	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Antibodies, Protozoan	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Seroepidemiologic Studies	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Scotland	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Coinfection	en_US
dc.title	Toxoplasma gondii coinfection with diseases and parasites in wild rabbits in Scotland	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	11	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	142	en_US
utslib.for	0707 Veterinary Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	11	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	142	en_US

Abstract:

© 2015 Cambridge University Press. In wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) on an estate in Perthshire, central Scotland, the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii was 18/548 (3.3%). The wild rabbit could be a T. gondii reservoir and it has potential value as a sentinel of T. gondii in environmental substrates. Toxoplasma gondii was associated with female sex (P < 0.001) and with relatively heavy infections by Eimeria stiedae (P = 0.036). It was not associated with the intensity of coccidial oocysts, the severity of myxomatosis caused by the virus Myxomatosis cuniculi, the intensity of roundworm eggs, the year or season, rabbit age or distance from farm buildings. Coinfections could have been affected by gestational down regulation of type 1 T helper cells. A sudden influx or release of T. gondii oocysts might have occurred. This is the first report of T. gondii in any wild herbivore in Scotland and also the first report of lapine T. gondii as a coinfection with E. stiedae, M. cuniculi and helminths.

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