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1 April 2003 Lawsonia intracellularis in Wild Mammals in the Slovak Carpathians
K. Tomanová, I. Literák, J. Klimeš, L. Pavlačík, V. Mrlík, J. Smola
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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.

Tomanová, Literák, Klimeš, Pavlačík, Mrlík, and Smola: Lawsonia intracellularis in Wild Mammals in the Slovak Carpathians
K. Tomanová, I. Literák, J. Klimeš, L. Pavlačík, V. Mrlík, and J. Smola "Lawsonia intracellularis in Wild Mammals in the Slovak Carpathians," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39(2), 407-411, (1 April 2003). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-39.2.407
Received: 23 July 2002; Published: 1 April 2003
KEYWORDS
Canis lupus
Cervus elaphus
deer
fox
Lawsonia intracellularis
Vulpes vulpes
wild animals
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