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ArticleActa parasitologica2020

Molecular identification of sarcocysts from tissue of fallow deer (Dama dama) farmed in the open pasture system based on ssu rRNA gene.

Władysław Cabaj, Justyna Bień-Kalinowska, Katarzyna Goździk, Katarzyna Basałaj, Żaneta Steiner-Bogdaszewska, Marek Bogdaszewski, Bożena Moskwa

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Article in Acta parasitologica, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Władysław CabajWitold Stefański Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warszawa, Poland. cabajw@twarda.pan.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-6462
Justyna Bień-KalinowskaWitold Stefański Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warszawa, Poland.
Katarzyna GoździkWitold Stefański Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warszawa, Poland.
Katarzyna BasałajWitold Stefański Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warszawa, Poland.
Żaneta Steiner-BogdaszewskaWitold Stefański Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warszawa, Poland.
Marek BogdaszewskiWitold Stefański Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warszawa, Poland.
Bożena MoskwaWitold Stefański Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warszawa, Poland.
Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSarcocystis spp. are protozoan parasites of livestock which also infect birds, lower vertebrates and mammals, including man. Wild and domestic ruminants such as red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, cattle, sheep and goats may act as intermediate hosts for many Sarcocystis species, some of which are significant pathogens causing sarcocystosis in livestock and humans. The purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of Sarcocystis species in fallow deer farmed in an open pasture system.

methodsSamples of heart and oesophagus tissue taken from five fallow deer were examined by light microscope for the presence of sarcocysts. Genomic DNA was extracted from individual sarcocysts. ssu rRNA was successfully amplified using their DNA as templates.

resultsAnalysis of the ssu rRNA identified the presence of two S. morae sarcocysts in the heart tissue; similarly, S. gracilis sarcocysts were identified in the heart and oesophagus, and Sarcocystis sp. most closely related to S. linearis and S. taeniata were detected in oseophagus.

conclusionsThese findings confirm the presence of Sarcocystis spp. in farmed fallow deer in Poland; however, more molecular studies are needed.

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Animal HusbandryAnimalsDeerDNA, ProtozoanDNA, RibosomalEsophagusHeartMalePhylogenyPolandPolymerase Chain ReactionRNA, Ribosomal, 18SSarcocystisSarcocystosisDNA, ProtozoanDNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 18SFallow deerSarcocystis spp.SequencingTissue cysts

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PMID31981017
PMCPMC7272485
OpenAlexW3001997873

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