Browse > Article

Investigation of Theileria sp. from Ticks and Roe Deer (Capreolus pygargus) in Jeju Island  

Moon, Kyoung-Ha (College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University)
Lee, Sang (College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University)
Choi, Chang-Yong (Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Kim, So-Yeon (College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University)
Kang, Chang-Wan (Jeju Wildlife Research Center)
Lee, Kyoung-Kap (College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University)
Yun, Young-Min (College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University)
Publication Information
Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.31, no.1, 2014 , pp. 6-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
Siberian Roe deer which inhabits Jeju Island is unique native species. Most of all the roe deer infect a lot of ticks, which can affect its population directly and can act as a vector to spread vector-borne diseases. The purposes of this study were to identify the ticks and detect the piroplamsosis on the roe deer in Jeju island. We collected ticks and blood samples in 23 roe deer rescued and treated at the Jeju Wildlife Rescue Center. As a result, we identified the one species of ticks, Haemaphysalis longicornis in roe deer and detected the closely related to Theileria luwenshuni in all blood samples (100%) and 8 pooled ticks (34.8%). These results indicate that there may be a high prevalence particularly of T. luwenshuni infection in Jeju wild roe deer and H. longicornis is a major vector of these diseases. It suggested that Jeju roe deer may act as reservoirs for these zoonotic pathogens.
Keywords
Roe deer; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Theileria luwenshuni; Jeju;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 3  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 Thompson JD, Higgins DG, Gibson TJ. CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice. Nucleic Acids Res 1994; 22: 4673-4680.   DOI   ScienceOn
2 Van de Peer Y, Baldauf SL, Doolittle WF, Meyer A. An updated and comprehensive rRNA phylogeny of (crown) eukaryotes based on rate-calibrated evolutionary distances. J Mol Evol 2000; 51: 565-576.   DOI   ScienceOn
3 Waldrup KA, Moritz J, Baggett D, Magyar S, Wagner GG. Monthly incidence of Theileria cervi and seroconversion to Babesia odocoilei in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Texas. J Wildl Dis 1992; 28: 457-459.   DOI   ScienceOn
4 Yabsley MJ, Davidson WR, Stallknecht DE, Varela AS, Swift PK, Devos JC, Jr, Dubay SA. Evidence of tick-borne organisms in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) from the Western United States. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2005; 5: 351-362.   DOI   ScienceOn
5 Yamaguti, N, Tipton VJ, Keegan HL, Toshioka S. Ticks of Japan, Korea, and the Ryukyu Islands. Brigham Young Univ Sci Bull Biol Ser 1971; 15: 1-226.
6 Langton C, Gray JS, Waters PF, Holman PJ. Naturally acquired babesiosis in a reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) herd in Great Britain. Parasitol Res 2003; 89:194-198.
7 Inokuma H, Tsuji M, Kim SJ, Fujimoto T, Nagata M, Hosoi E, Arai S, Ishihara C, Okuda M. Phylogenetic analysis of Theileria sp. from sika deer, Cervus nippon, in Japan. Vet Parasitol 2004; 120: 339-345.   DOI   ScienceOn
8 Kim HC, Han SH, Chong ST, Klein TA, Choi CY, Nam HY, Chae HY, Lee H, Ko S, Kang JG, Chae JS. Ticks collected from selected mammalian hosts surveyed in the Republic of Korea during 2008-2009. Korean J Parasitol 2011; 49: 331-335.   DOI   ScienceOn
9 Kim SH. Study on the ticks of Chejudo: life cycle. Korean J Parasitol 1970; 8: 51-57.   DOI
10 Moon BC, Jeong JH, Choi YJ, Kim JE, Seo HJ, Shin EH, Song BG, Lee HI, Lee SH, Park KH. Detection and identification of the spotted fever group rickettsial agents from Haemaphysalis Ticks in Jeju Island, Korea. J Bacteriol Virol 2009; 39: 317-328.   DOI   ScienceOn
11 Moon CR, Kim SH. Studies on the control of ticks and tickborne diseases in exotic cattle in Cheju-do. Livest Prod: Annu Res Rep 1986; 1: 31-35.
12 Park YS, Lee WS, Kim JT, Oh HS. Morphological Examination of the Siberian Roe Deer Capreolus pygargus in South Korea. J Anim Vet Adv 2011; 2874-2878.
13 Stewart NP, Uilenberg G, de Vos AJ. Review of Australian species of Theileria, with special reference to Theileria buffeli of cattle. Trop Anim Health Prod 1996; 28: 81-90.   DOI
14 Ahmed JS, Luo J, Schnittger L, Seitzer U, Jongejan F, Yin H. Phylogenetic position of small-ruminant infecting piroplasms. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1081: 498-504.   DOI   ScienceOn
15 Chae JS, Allsopp BA, Waghela SD, Park JH, Kakuda T, Sugimoto C, Allsopp MT, Wagner GG, Holman PJ. A study of the systematics of Theileria spp. based upon small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences. Parasitol Res 1999; 85: 877-883.   DOI
16 Fujisaki K, Kawazu S, Kamio T. The taxonomy of the bovine Theileria spp. Parasitol Today 1994; 10: 31-33.   DOI   ScienceOn
17 Galuppi R, Aureli S, Bonoli C, Caffara M, Tampieri MP. Detection and molecular characterization of Theileria sp. in fallow deer (Dama dama) and ticks from an Italian natural preserve. Res Vet Sci 2011; 91: 110-115.   DOI   ScienceOn
18 Garcia-Sanmartin J, Aurtenetxe O, Barral M, Marco I, Lavin S, Garcia-Pérez AL, Hurtado A. Molecular detection and characterization of piroplasms infecting cervids and chamois in Northern Spain. Parasitology 2007; 134: 391-398.   DOI   ScienceOn
19 Gray JS, Murphy TM, Waldrup KA, Wagner GG, Blewett DA, Harrington R. Comparative studies of Babesia spp. from white-tailed and sika deer. J Wildl Dis 1991; 27: 86-91.   DOI   ScienceOn
20 Han JI, Jang HJ, Lee SJ, Na KJ. High prevalence of Theileria sp. in wild Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus) in South Korea. Vet Parasitol 2009; 164: 311-314.   DOI   ScienceOn
21 Oh JY, Moon BC, Bae BK, Shin EH, Ko YH, Kim YJ, Park YH, Chae JS. Genetic Identification and phylogenetic analysis of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia Species in Haemaphysalis longicornis collected from Jeju Island, Korea. J Bacteriol Virol 2009; 39: 257-268.   DOI   ScienceOn