First report of a mixed infection of Trichinella nelsoni and Trichinella T8 in a leopard (Panthera pardus) from the Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

 
 
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Title First report of a mixed infection of Trichinella nelsoni and Trichinella T8 in a leopard (Panthera pardus) from the Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
 
Creator La Grange, Louis J. Reininghaus, Björn Mukaratirwa, Samson
 
Subject Life Sciences; Biology; Parasitology Trichinella; leopard; Panthera pardus; Greater Kruger National Park; Mixed infection; Trichinella T8; Trichinella nelsoni
Description At least three Trichinella species, namely Trichinella nelsoni, Trichinella britovi and Trichinella zimbabwensis, and one genotype (Trichinella T8), have been isolated from sylvatic carnivores on the African continent. With the exception of T. britovi, the other species are known to circulate in wildlife of the Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa, and KNP neighbouring game reserves (collectively known as the greater KNP area). Lions (Panthera leo) and spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) appear to be the most important reservoirs of T. nelsoni and Trichinella T8 in the KNP and surrounding areas. Interspecies predation between lions and hyenas has been implicated as a primary mode of maintaining the life cycles of these two Trichinella species. This is the first report of a mixed natural infection of T. nelsoni and Trichinella T8 in a leopard (Panthera pardus) from South Africa. Trichinella muscle larvae were identified to species level by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Probable sources of infection, based on the known dietary preference and prey species’ range of leopards, are also discussed. The described occurrence of Trichinella species in a leopard from the greater KNP area raises the question of possible sources of infection for this predator species.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, South Africa Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Administration, Mpumalanga, South Africa International Trichinella Reference Centre (ITRC), Rome, Italy
Date 2014-11-20
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Surveillance
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ojvr.v81i1.836
 
Source Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research; Vol 81, No 1 (2014); 3 pages 2219-0635 0030-2465
 
Language eng
 
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https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/836/1210 https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/836/1208 https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/836/1209 https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/836/1170
 
Coverage Greater Kruger National Park, South africa Current Wildlife; Male; leopard
Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Louis J. La Grange, Björn Reininghaus, Samson Mukaratirwa https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0
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