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ArticleThe Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne2014

Detection of Leptospira spp. in wildlife reservoir hosts in Ontario through comparison of immunohistochemical and polymerase chain reaction genotyping methods.

Karen E Shearer, Michael J Harte, Davor Ojkic, Josepha Delay, Douglas Campbell

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Article in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karen E ShearerFleming College School of Environmental & Natural and Resource Sciences, Fish & Wildlife Program, 200 Albert St. South, Lindsay, Ontario K9V 5E6 (Shearer, Harte); Animal Health Laboratory (Ojkic, DeLay), Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Campbell).
Michael J HarteFleming College School of Environmental & Natural and Resource Sciences, Fish & Wildlife Program, 200 Albert St. South, Lindsay, Ontario K9V 5E6 (Shearer, Harte); Animal Health Laboratory (Ojkic, DeLay), Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Campbell).
Davor OjkicFleming College School of Environmental & Natural and Resource Sciences, Fish & Wildlife Program, 200 Albert St. South, Lindsay, Ontario K9V 5E6 (Shearer, Harte); Animal Health Laboratory (Ojkic, DeLay), Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Campbell).
Josepha DelayFleming College School of Environmental & Natural and Resource Sciences, Fish & Wildlife Program, 200 Albert St. South, Lindsay, Ontario K9V 5E6 (Shearer, Harte); Animal Health Laboratory (Ojkic, DeLay), Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Campbell).
Douglas CampbellFleming College School of Environmental & Natural and Resource Sciences, Fish & Wildlife Program, 200 Albert St. South, Lindsay, Ontario K9V 5E6 (Shearer, Harte); Animal Health Laboratory (Ojkic, DeLay), Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 (Campbell).
University of Guelph · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A total of 460 kidney samples from wildlife (beavers, coyotes, deer, foxes, opossums, otters, raccoons, skunks) were obtained from road-kill and hunter/trapper donations in Ontario between January 2010 and November 2012. The objectives of the study were to detect Leptospira spp. by immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction (PCR), to map presence of leptospires in wildlife relative to livestock and human populations, and to characterize positive samples by sequencing and comparison to leptospires known to affect domestic animals and humans. The proportion of samples that tested positive ranged from 0% to 42%, with the highest rates in skunks and raccoons. Leptospira spp. were present in kidneys of wildlife across Ontario, particularly in areas of high human density, and areas in which livestock populations are abundant. The PCR was too weak in most samples to permit genotyping and examination of the relationship between the leptospires found in this study and those affecting domestic animals and humans.

Indexed as

Animals, WildAnimalsDisease ReservoirsGenotypeHumansImmunohistochemistryLeptospiraLeptospirosisLivestockOntarioPolymerase Chain Reaction

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PMID24587507
PMCPMC3923479
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