Serologic survey in a chamois population of Abruzzo

Abstract

<strong>Abstract</strong> As part of the Abruzzo National Park wildlife health management program, serum samples from 62 free-living and captive Abruzzo chamois, <em>Rupicapra (pyrenaica) ornata</em>, were tested to estimate antibody presence to some pathogenous agents. The serum, drawn during chemical immobilisations for introductions or population study programs, were tested for: bovine <em>herpes virus</em> 1 (BHV-1),<em> parainfluenza virus</em> (PI3), <em>pesti virus</em>, foot and mouth disease virus (FMD) type O-A-C, bovine leukemia virus (BLV), <em>ovicaprini lentivirus</em>, <em>encephalomyocarditis virus</em> (EMCV), <em>S-phase brucellae</em>, <em>leptospira interrogans</em>, <em>mycobacterium paratuberculosis</em>, <em>chlamydia psittaci</em>, <em>coxiella burnetii</em>, <em>rickettsia mooseri</em> and <em>conori</em> and <em>toxoplasrna gondii</em>. Twenty-three subjects were found positive to BHV-1 (7/62), <em>pestivirus</em> (6/62), EMCV (8/62), <em>leptospira</em> (5/62) and <em>toxoplasma</em> (4/62). Results did not indicate any active infection but only contact with some pathogenic agents.

Keywords

• Abruzzo chamois
• serologic survey
• serum positivity
• pathogenic agents