Microsporidia and Cryptosporidium in horses and donkeys in Algeria: detection of a novel Cryptosporidium hominis subtype family (Ik) in a horse
Language English Country Netherlands Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
25638716
DOI
10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.01.007
PII: S0304-4017(15)00025-4
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Cryptosporidium spp., Donkeys, Encephalitozoon spp., Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Horses, Molecular prevalence,
- MeSH
- Cryptosporidium classification genetics isolation & purification MeSH
- Equidae * microbiology parasitology MeSH
- Feces microbiology parasitology MeSH
- Phylogeny MeSH
- Genotype MeSH
- Horses MeSH
- Cryptosporidiosis epidemiology parasitology MeSH
- Microsporidia classification genetics isolation & purification MeSH
- Microsporidiosis epidemiology microbiology veterinary MeSH
- Horse Diseases epidemiology microbiology parasitology MeSH
- Prevalence MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Algeria epidemiology MeSH
A total of 219 and 124 individual fecal samples of horses and donkeys, respectively, were screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium spp., Encephalitozoon spp., and Enterocytozoon bieneusi DNA by genus-specific nested PCR. Isolates were genotyped by sequence analysis of SSU rRNA, GP60, TRAP-C1, COWP, and HSP70 loci in Cryptosporidium, and the ITS region in microsporidia. Cryptosporidium spp. was detected on 3/18 horse farms and 1/15 farms where donkeys were kept. Overall, five (2.3%) horse and two (1.6%) donkey specimens were PCR positive for Cryptosporidium. Genotyping at SSU and GP60 loci revealed that three isolates from horses and donkeys were C. parvum subtype family IIaA16G1R1, one isolate from a horse was, C. muris RN66, and one isolate from a donkey was C. muris TS03. An isolate from a horse shared 99.4% and 99.3% similarity with Cryptosporidium hominis and C. cuniculus, respectively, at the SSU locus. This isolate shared 100% identity with C. hominis at the TRAP-C1, COWP, and HSP70 loci, and it was from the novel gp60 subtype family IkA15G1. Microsporidia were found on 6/18 horse and 2/15 donkey farms. E. bieneusi was identified in 6.8% (15/219) and 1.6% (2/124), and Encephalitozoon cuniculi was identified in 1.8% (4/219) and 1.6% (2/124), of horses and donkeys, respectively. Three genotypes of E. cuniculi (I, II and III) were detected in horses, and E. cuniculi genotype II was detected in donkeys. Four genotypes of E. bieneusi (horse1, horse 2, CZ3, D) were described in horses. An additional five horses and two donkeys were positive for E. bieneusi, but the isolated were not genotyped. Neither Cryptosporidium nor microsporidia prevalence were affected by sex, age, type of breeding, or whether the host was a horse or a donkey.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta GA USA
Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences North Dakota State University Fargo ND USA
Higher National School of Veterinary BP 161 Hacène Badi EL Harrach Algiers Algeria
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