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Eurasian golden jackal as host of canine vector-borne protists

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027162%3A_____%2F17%3AN0000040" target="_blank" >RIV/00027162:_____/17:N0000040 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Alternative codes found

    RIV/60077344:_____/17:00479167 RIV/00216208:11310/17:10360337 RIV/62157124:16170/17:43875491 RIV/62157124:16270/17:43875491 RIV/62157124:16810/17:43875491

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=5888805f-5d1e-4a14-be7d-f1fb6a5629b2" target="_blank" >https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=5888805f-5d1e-4a14-be7d-f1fb6a5629b2</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2110-z" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13071-017-2110-z</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Eurasian golden jackal as host of canine vector-borne protists

  • Original language description

    Background: Jackals are medium-sized canids from the wolf-like clade, exhibiting a unique combination of ancestral morphotypes, broad trophic niches, and close phylogenetic relationships with the wolf and dog. Thus, they represent a potential host of several pathogens with diverse transmission routes. Recently, populations of the Eurasian golden jackal Canis aureus have expanded into the Western Palaearctic, including most of Europe. The aim of our study was to examine Eurasian golden jackals from Romania, Czech Republic and Austria for a wide spectrum of vector-borne protists and to evaluate the role of this species as a reservoir of disease for domestic dogs and/or humans. Results: Diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) DNA amplifications revealed 70% of jackals to be positive for Hepatozoon, 12.5% positive for piroplasms, and one individual positive for Leishmania infantum. Phylogenetic analyses of partial 18S rDNA sequences invariably placed sequenced isolates of Hepatozoon into the H. canis clade. For piroplasms, both the 18S and cox1 sequences obtained confirmed the presence of Babesia canis and "Theileria annae" in 5 and 2 individuals, respectively, providing the first records of these two piroplasmids in Eurasian golden jackals. A single animal from Dolj County (Romania) was PCR-positive for L. infantum, as confirmed also by sequencing of ITS1-5.8S. Conclusions: Apparently, expanding populations of jackals can play a significant role in spreading and maintaining new Babesia canis foci in Central Europe. The role of jackals in the epidemiology of " Theileria annae" and H. canis is probably similar to that of red foxes and should be taken into account in further research on these parasites. Also the presence of L. infantum deserves attention. Our study confirms that once established, the populations of Eurasian golden jackals constitute natural reservoirs for many canine vector-borne diseases, analogous to the role of the coyotes in North America.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10606 - Microbiology

Result continuities

  • Project

    Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

  • Continuities

    P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2017

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    PARASITES & VECTORS

  • ISSN

    1756-3305

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    10

  • Country of publishing house

    GB - UNITED KINGDOM

  • Number of pages

    11

  • Pages from-to

    183

  • UT code for WoS article

    000399418400003

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database