From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2010-09-25 19:56:44 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] abstract
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
Every once in a while I will run into an abstract i earlier missed.
Notice that some giardia ferrets get has been looked at and may
be host specific:
1. Parasitol Res. 2010 Feb;106(3):733-6. Molecular characterization of
Giardia duodenalis isolates from domestic ferrets.
Abe N, Tanoue T, Noguchi E, Ohta G, Sakai H.
Department of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health
and Environmental Sciences, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0026, Japan.
Giardia duodenalis is a pathogen that has been found in a variety of
mammals, including humans, and consists of host-specific (assemblages
C, D, E, F, and G) and zoonotic (assemblages A, B) genetic groups.
Ferrets are popular pets, and they, like humans, are hosts to this
pathogen. The genetic characteristics of the Giardia population in
ferrets are unclear because only one ferret isolate has been
genotyped. To develop a more complete picture of the genetic
characteristics of the Giardia population in domestic ferrets two
additional Giardia isolates, recovered independently from two ferrets
suffering from intestinal or hepatic giardiasis, were analyzed
genetically. The sequences of both isolates at three loci, small
subunit ribosomal RNA (SSUrDNA, 292 bp), beta-giardin (734 bp), and
glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH, 713 bp) were identical to each other,
but the sequences of triosephosphate isomerase locus (TPI, 512 bp) had
five substitutions between isolates. Sequence homology and
phylogenetic analyses at four loci identified both isolates as members
of the assemblage A. Moreover, the sequences of SSUrDNA, beta-giardin,
and GDH from both isolates were identical to those of the previous
ferret isolate genotyped as assemblage A within the regions of
overlap. The result obtained in the present study indicates that at
least two genetically different types in assemblage A exist in
domestic ferrets. In addition, there have been no reported human and
animal isolates with the same sequence as those from ferret isolates
at all four loci examined, suggesting that the present ferret isolates
might be host-specific. PMID: 20054561 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)
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