Prevalence and sequence-based identity of rumen fluke in cattle and deer in New Caledonia

Cauquil, Laura; Hüe, Thomas; Hurlin, Jean-Claude; Mitchell, Gillian; Searle, Kate ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4624-9023; Skuce, Philip; Zadoks, Ruth. 2016 Prevalence and sequence-based identity of rumen fluke in cattle and deer in New Caledonia. PLoS ONE, 11 (4), e0152603. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152603

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152603

Abstract/Summary

An abattoir survey was performed in the French Melanesian archipelago of New Caledonia to determine the prevalence of paramphistomes in cattle and deer and to generate material for molecular typing at species and subspecies level. Prevalence in adult cattle was high at animal level (70% of 387 adult cattle) and batch level (81%). Prevalence was lower in calves at both levels (33% of 484 calves, 51% at batch level). Animals from 2 of 7 deer farms were positive for rumen fluke, with animal-level prevalence of 41.4% (29/70) and 47.1% (33/70), respectively. Using ITS-2 sequencing, 3 species of paramphistomes were identified, i.e. Calicophoron calicophorum, Fischoederius elongatus and Orthocoelium streptocoelium. All three species were detected in cattle as well as deer, suggesting the possibility of rumen fluke transmission between the two host species. Based on heterogeneity in ITS-2 sequences, the C. calicophorum population comprises two clades, both of which occur in cattle as well as deer. The results suggest two distinct routes of rumen fluke introduction into this area. This approach has wider applicability for investigations of the origin of rumen fluke infections and for the possibility of parasite transmission at the livestock-wildlife interface.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152603
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Watt
ISSN:	1932-6203
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper- full text available via Official URL link.
NORA Subject Terms:	Biology and Microbiology
Date made live:	28 Jul 2016 14:17 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514056

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152603

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Watt

ISSN:

1932-6203

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper- full text available via Official URL link.

NORA Subject Terms:

Biology and Microbiology