The role of wild canids and felids in spreading parasites to dogs and cats in Europe: Part I: Protozoa and tick-borne agents
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- 作者：Domenico Otrantoa ; domenico.otranto@uniba.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Cinzia Cantacessib ; Martin Pfefferc ; Filipe Dantas-Torresa ; d ; Emanuele Briantie ; Peter Deplazesf ; Claudio Genchig ; Vittorio Gubertih ; Gioia Capellii
- 关键词：Parasites ; Wildlife ; Europe ; Wild canids ; Wild felids ; Dogs ; Cats ; Zoonoses ; Reservoirs
- 刊名：Veterinary Parasitology
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：30 September 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：213
- 期：1-2
- 页码：12-23
- 全文大小：1839 K
文摘
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The resilience of ecosystems is being challenged by the thinning boundaries between domestic and wild animals.
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The epidemiology of diseases caused by a number of infectious agents is undergoing profound readjustments.
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Substantial risk exists for diseases of wildlife to spread to domestic carnivores and vice versa, and for zoonotic agents to emerge or re-emerge in human populations.
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In the first part of this two-part article, we review the role wild canids and felids may play in the transmission of protozoa and arthropod-borne agents to dogs and cats in Europe.