TY - JOUR KW - giant liver fluke KW - Bavaria KW - spread KW - triclabendazole KW - deer AU - C Plötz AU - S Rehbein AU - H Bamler AU - H Reindl AU - K Pfister AU - M Scheuerle AB - After initial observations of suspicious cases in 2009, the occurrence of Fascioloides (F.) magna in deer of a deer farm located in northeastern Bavaria, Germany, at the border to the Czech Republic was confirmed in autumn 2011. In March 2012, the deer were treated for fascioloidosis with triclabendazole. To monitor the epizootiology of fascioloidosis in the farm, 80–100 faecal samples were examined for Fascioloides eggs at monthly intervals from June 2012 to June 2013 inclusive. In addition, livers of 27 red deer and one sika deer collected during winter 2012/2013 were examined for gross lesions suspicious for F. magna infection and 21 of the 28 livers were dissected for F. magna recovery. Fascioloides eggs were recorded in 63 (4.9%) of 1280 faecal samples (range 0.4 to 355 eggs per gram). Both, number of Fascioloides-egg positive samples and egg counts were low during the first eight months of the study but increased notably since February 2013. While Fascioloides egg-positive faecal samples were obtained from red deer (46/948, 4.9%) and fallow deer (17/166, 10.2%), no Fascioloides eggs were demonstrated in the 166 samples obtained from sika deer. Livers of five red deer and the sika deer showed gross lesions characteristic for fascioloidosis, and F. magna were recovered from three of the five affected red deer livers (range, five to seven flukes). Results of this study confirm that F. magna is endemic in the deer farm, and measures should be implemented to minimize the transmission of the parasite. BT - Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift C1 - {"oldId":84432,"title":"Fascioloides magna \u2013 epizootiology in a deer farm in Germany","topline":"Open Access","teaserText":"Epizootiologie von Fascioloides magna in einem Wildgehege in Deutschland","content":"

Summary<\/span><\/p>

After initial observations of suspicious cases in 2009, the occurrence of Fascioloides (F.) magna<\/span> in deer of a deer farm located in northeastern Bavaria, Germany, at the border to the Czech Republic was confirmed in autumn 2011. In March 2012, the deer were treated for fascioloidosis with triclabendazole. To monitor the epizootiology of fascioloidosis in the farm, 80\u2013100 faecal samples were examined for Fascioloides<\/span> eggs at monthly intervals from June 2012 to June 2013 inclusive. In addition, livers of 27 red deer and one sika deer collected during winter 2012\/2013 were examined for gross lesions suspicious for F. magna<\/span> infection and 21 of the 28 livers were dissected for F. magna<\/span> recovery. Fascioloides<\/span> eggs were recorded in 63 (4.9%) of 1280 faecal samples (range 0.4 to 355 eggs per gram). Both, number of Fascioloides-<\/span>egg positive samples and egg counts were low during the first eight months of the study but increased notably since February 2013. While Fascioloides<\/span> egg-positive faecal samples were obtained from red deer (46\/948, 4.9%) and fallow deer (17\/166, 10.2%), no Fascioloides<\/span> eggs were demonstrated in the 166 samples obtained from sika deer. Livers of five red deer and the sika deer showed gross lesions characteristic for fascioloidosis, and F. magna<\/span> were recovered from three of the five affected red deer livers (range, five to seven flukes). Results of this study confirm that F. magna<\/span> is endemic in the deer farm, and measures should be implemented to minimize the transmission of the parasite. <\/p>

Keywords<\/span><\/p>

giant liver fluke, Bavaria, spread, triclabendazole, deer<\/p>

Zusammenfassung<\/span><\/p>

Nach Registrierung erster verd\u00e4chtiger F\u00e4lle im Jahr 2009 wurde im Herbst 2011 das Auftreten von Fascioloides (F.) magna<\/span> in einem in Nordostbayern, Deutschland, an der Grenze zur Tschechischen Republik gelegenen Wildgehege best\u00e4tigt. Im M\u00e4rz 2012 wurde das Wild im Gehege mit Triclabendazol gegen Faszioloidose behandelt. Um die Epizootiologie der Parasitose zu verfolgen, wurden von Juni 2012 bis einschlie\u00dflich Juni 2013 monatlich 80 bis 100 Losungsproben auf Fascioloides<\/span>-Eier untersucht. Zus\u00e4tzlich wurden die Lebern von 27 St\u00fcck Rotwild und einem St\u00fcck Sikawild, die im Winter 2012\/2013 erlegt wurden, auf f\u00fcr F. magna<\/span>-Infektionen typische pathologisch-anatomische Ver\u00e4nderungen untersucht und 21 dieser Lebern einer Sektion unterzogen. In 63 (4,9 %) von 1280 Losungsproben wurden Fascioloides<\/span>-Eier nachgewiesen (0,4-355 EpG). Sowohl die Anzahl der Proben, in denen Fascioloides<\/span>-Eier gefunden wurden als auch die darin ermittelten Eizahlen waren w\u00e4hrend der ersten acht Monate der Studie niedrig, stiegen aber seit Februar 2013 deutlich an. W\u00e4hrend Fascioloides<\/span>-Eier sowohl in den Losungsproben von Rotwild (46\/948; 4,9 %) als auch von Damwild (17\/166; 10,2 %) nachgewiesen wurden, war keine der 166 Proben des Sikawildes Fascioloides<\/span>-positiv. F\u00fcnf der sezierten Rotwildlebern, sowie die Leber des Sikas wiesen f\u00fcr Faszioloidose typische Ver\u00e4nderungen auf, wobei in drei dieser Rotwild-Lebern F. magna-<\/span> Exemplare (f\u00fcnf bis sieben Egel pro Leber) nachgewiesen wurden. Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie best\u00e4tigten, dass das Auftreten von F. magna<\/span> in diesem Gehege als endemisch zu betrachten ist. Es sollten Ma\u00dfnahmen getroffen werden, um die \u00dcbertragung des Parasiten einzuschr\u00e4nken.<\/p>

Schl\u00fcsselw\u00f6rter<\/span><\/p>

Amerikanischer Riesenleberegel, Bayern, Ausbreitung, Triclabendazol, Wild<\/p>","categories":["Open Access","Abostufe frei"],"fromDate":"Jan 6, 2015 10:16:37 AM","oldUrls":["http:\/\/vetline.de\/fascioloides-magna-epizootiology-in-a-deer-farm-in-germany\/150\/3216\/84432"],"doiLanguage":"englisch","doiProductFormat":"online","doiPublisher":"Schl\u00fctersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG","doiSerialWorkTitle":"Berl M\u00fcnch Tier\u00e4rztl Wochenschr","doiDocumentUri":"http:\/\/cf01.vetline.schluetersche.de\/files\/smfiledata\/4\/3\/3\/7\/4\/7\/BMW_2015_05_06_0177_onl300.pdf","doiSource":"Berl M\u00fcnch Tier\u00e4rztl Wochenschr 128, 177-182","doiissn":"0005-9366","doiNr":"10.2376\/0005-9366-128-177","doiFirstPage":"177","doiLastPage":"182","doiTransmitted":true,"doiAuthor":"Pl\u00f6tz C, Rehbein S, Bamler H, Reindl H, Pfister K, Scheuerle MC","pdf":{"path":"http:\/\/data\/BMW_2015_05_06_0177_onl300.pdf","title":"BMTW_OA_Scheuerle BMTW 5-6-2015","description":""},"authors":[{"firstName":"C","middleName":"","lastName":"Pl\u00f6tz"},{"firstName":"S","middleName":"","lastName":"Rehbein"},{"firstName":"H","middleName":"","lastName":"Bamler"},{"firstName":"H","middleName":"","lastName":"Reindl"},{"firstName":"K","middleName":"","lastName":"Pfister"},{"firstName":"M","middleName":"C","lastName":"Scheuerle"}],"contentOptimised":"

Summary<\/strong><\/p>

After initial observations of suspicious cases in 2009, the occurrence of Fascioloides (F.) magna<\/em> in deer of a deer farm located in northeastern Bavaria, Germany, at the border to the Czech Republic was confirmed in autumn 2011. In March 2012, the deer were treated for fascioloidosis with triclabendazole. To monitor the epizootiology of fascioloidosis in the farm, 80\u2013100 faecal samples were examined for Fascioloides<\/em> eggs at monthly intervals from June 2012 to June 2013 inclusive. In addition, livers of 27 red deer and one sika deer collected during winter 2012\/2013 were examined for gross lesions suspicious for F. magna<\/em> infection and 21 of the 28 livers were dissected for F. magna<\/em> recovery. Fascioloides<\/em> eggs were recorded in 63 (4.9%) of 1280 faecal samples (range 0.4 to 355 eggs per gram). Both, number of Fascioloides-<\/em>egg positive samples and egg counts were low during the first eight months of the study but increased notably since February 2013. While Fascioloides<\/em> egg-positive faecal samples were obtained from red deer (46\/948, 4.9%) and fallow deer (17\/166, 10.2%), no Fascioloides<\/em> eggs were demonstrated in the 166 samples obtained from sika deer. Livers of five red deer and the sika deer showed gross lesions characteristic for fascioloidosis, and F. magna<\/em> were recovered from three of the five affected red deer livers (range, five to seven flukes). Results of this study confirm that F. magna<\/em> is endemic in the deer farm, and measures should be implemented to minimize the transmission of the parasite. <\/p>

Keywords:<\/strong><\/p>

giant liver fluke, Bavaria, spread, triclabendazole, deer<\/p>

Zusammenfassung<\/strong><\/p>

Nach Registrierung erster verd\u00e4chtiger F\u00e4lle im Jahr 2009 wurde im Herbst 2011 das Auftreten von Fascioloides (F.) magna<\/em> in einem in Nordostbayern, Deutschland, an der Grenze zur Tschechischen Republik gelegenen Wildgehege best\u00e4tigt. Im M\u00e4rz 2012 wurde das Wild im Gehege mit Triclabendazol gegen Faszioloidose behandelt. Um die Epizootiologie der Parasitose zu verfolgen, wurden von Juni 2012 bis einschlie\u00dflich Juni 2013 monatlich 80 bis 100 Losungsproben auf Fascioloides<\/em>-Eier untersucht. Zus\u00e4tzlich wurden die Lebern von 27 St\u00fcck Rotwild und einem St\u00fcck Sikawild, die im Winter 2012\/2013 erlegt wurden, auf f\u00fcr F. magna<\/em>-Infektionen typische pathologisch-anatomische Ver\u00e4nderungen untersucht und 21 dieser Lebern einer Sektion unterzogen. In 63 (4,9 %) von 1280 Losungsproben wurden Fascioloides<\/em>-Eier nachgewiesen (0,4-355 EpG). Sowohl die Anzahl der Proben, in denen Fascioloides<\/em>-Eier gefunden wurden als auch die darin ermittelten Eizahlen waren w\u00e4hrend der ersten acht Monate der Studie niedrig, stiegen aber seit Februar 2013 deutlich an. W\u00e4hrend Fascioloides<\/em>-Eier sowohl in den Losungsproben von Rotwild (46\/948; 4,9 %) als auch von Damwild (17\/166; 10,2 %) nachgewiesen wurden, war keine der 166 Proben des Sikawildes Fascioloides<\/em>-positiv. F\u00fcnf der sezierten Rotwildlebern, sowie die Leber des Sikas wiesen f\u00fcr Faszioloidose typische Ver\u00e4nderungen auf, wobei in drei dieser Rotwild-Lebern F. magna-<\/em> Exemplare (f\u00fcnf bis sieben Egel pro Leber) nachgewiesen wurden. Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie best\u00e4tigten, dass das Auftreten von F. magna<\/em> in diesem Gehege als endemisch zu betrachten ist. Es sollten Ma\u00dfnahmen getroffen werden, um die \u00dcbertragung des Parasiten einzuschr\u00e4nken.<\/p>

Schl\u00fcsselw\u00f6rter:<\/strong><\/p>

Amerikanischer Riesenleberegel, Bayern, Ausbreitung, Triclabendazol, Wild<\/p>","primaryLanguage":"englisch","summary":"<\/p>

After initial observations of suspicious cases in 2009, the occurrence of Fascioloides (F.) magna<\/em> in deer of a deer farm located in northeastern Bavaria, Germany, at the border to the Czech Republic was confirmed in autumn 2011. In March 2012, the deer were treated for fascioloidosis with triclabendazole. To monitor the epizootiology of fascioloidosis in the farm, 80\u2013100 faecal samples were examined for Fascioloides<\/em> eggs at monthly intervals from June 2012 to June 2013 inclusive. In addition, livers of 27 red deer and one sika deer collected during winter 2012\/2013 were examined for gross lesions suspicious for F. magna<\/em> infection and 21 of the 28 livers were dissected for F. magna<\/em> recovery. Fascioloides<\/em> eggs were recorded in 63 (4.9%) of 1280 faecal samples (range 0.4 to 355 eggs per gram). Both, number of Fascioloides-<\/em>egg positive samples and egg counts were low during the first eight months of the study but increased notably since February 2013. While Fascioloides<\/em> egg-positive faecal samples were obtained from red deer (46\/948, 4.9%) and fallow deer (17\/166, 10.2%), no Fascioloides<\/em> eggs were demonstrated in the 166 samples obtained from sika deer. Livers of five red deer and the sika deer showed gross lesions characteristic for fascioloidosis, and F. magna<\/em> were recovered from three of the five affected red deer livers (range, five to seven flukes). Results of this study confirm that F. magna<\/em> is endemic in the deer farm, and measures should be implemented to minimize the transmission of the parasite. <\/p>

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Nach Registrierung erster verd\u00e4chtiger F\u00e4lle im Jahr 2009 wurde im Herbst 2011 das Auftreten von Fascioloides (F.) magna<\/em> in einem in Nordostbayern, Deutschland, an der Grenze zur Tschechischen Republik gelegenen Wildgehege best\u00e4tigt. Im M\u00e4rz 2012 wurde das Wild im Gehege mit Triclabendazol gegen Faszioloidose behandelt. Um die Epizootiologie der Parasitose zu verfolgen, wurden von Juni 2012 bis einschlie\u00dflich Juni 2013 monatlich 80 bis 100 Losungsproben auf Fascioloides<\/em>-Eier untersucht. Zus\u00e4tzlich wurden die Lebern von 27 St\u00fcck Rotwild und einem St\u00fcck Sikawild, die im Winter 2012\/2013 erlegt wurden, auf f\u00fcr F. magna<\/em>-Infektionen typische pathologisch-anatomische Ver\u00e4nderungen untersucht und 21 dieser Lebern einer Sektion unterzogen. In 63 (4,9 %) von 1280 Losungsproben wurden Fascioloides<\/em>-Eier nachgewiesen (0,4-355 EpG). Sowohl die Anzahl der Proben, in denen Fascioloides<\/em>-Eier gefunden wurden als auch die darin ermittelten Eizahlen waren w\u00e4hrend der ersten acht Monate der Studie niedrig, stiegen aber seit Februar 2013 deutlich an. W\u00e4hrend Fascioloides<\/em>-Eier sowohl in den Losungsproben von Rotwild (46\/948; 4,9 %) als auch von Damwild (17\/166; 10,2 %) nachgewiesen wurden, war keine der 166 Proben des Sikawildes Fascioloides<\/em>-positiv. F\u00fcnf der sezierten Rotwildlebern, sowie die Leber des Sikas wiesen f\u00fcr Faszioloidose typische Ver\u00e4nderungen auf, wobei in drei dieser Rotwild-Lebern F. magna-<\/em> Exemplare (f\u00fcnf bis sieben Egel pro Leber) nachgewiesen wurden. Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie best\u00e4tigten, dass das Auftreten von F. magna<\/em> in diesem Gehege als endemisch zu betrachten ist. Es sollten Ma\u00dfnahmen getroffen werden, um die \u00dcbertragung des Parasiten einzuschr\u00e4nken.<\/p>

","schluesselwoerter":["Amerikanischer Riesenleberegel","Bayern","Ausbreitung","Triclabendazol","Wild"],"translatedTitle":"Epizootiologie von Fascioloides magna in einem Wildgehege in Deutschland","abstractE":" After initial observations of suspicious cases in 2009, the occurrence of Fascioloides (F.) magna in deer of a deer farm located in northeastern Bavaria, Germany, at the border to the Czech Republic was confirmed in autumn 2011. In March 2012, the deer were treated for fascioloidosis with triclabendazole. To monitor the epizootiology of fascioloidosis in the farm, 80\u2013100 faecal samples were examined for Fascioloides eggs at monthly intervals from June 2012 to June 2013 inclusive. In addition, livers of 27 red deer and one sika deer collected during winter 2012\/2013 were examined for gross lesions suspicious for F. magna infection and 21 of the 28 livers were dissected for F. magna recovery. Fascioloides eggs were recorded in 63 (4.9%) of 1280 faecal samples (range 0.4 to 355 eggs per gram). Both, number of Fascioloides-egg positive samples and egg counts were low during the first eight months of the study but increased notably since February 2013. While Fascioloides egg-positive faecal samples were obtained from red deer (46\/948, 4.9%) and fallow deer (17\/166, 10.2%), no Fascioloides eggs were demonstrated in the 166 samples obtained from sika deer. Livers of five red deer and the sika deer showed gross lesions characteristic for fascioloidosis, and F. magna were recovered from three of the five affected red deer livers (range, five to seven flukes). Results of this study confirm that F. magna is endemic in the deer farm, and measures should be implemented to minimize the transmission of the parasite. ","date":{"year":2015,"date":"01\/2015","accepted":"2015-01-06"},"volume":"128","openAccess":true,"journal":"Berliner und M\u00fcnchener Tier\u00e4rztliche Wochenschrift","titleImageId":944,"pages":"177-182","redirects":["fascioloides-magna-epizootiology-in-a-deer-farm-in-germany\/150\/3216\/84432"],"tierartCategories":[],"artikelartCategories":["Open Access","Abostufe frei"]} CY - Hannover DA - 01/2015 DO - 10.2376/0005-9366-128-177 LA - English N2 - After initial observations of suspicious cases in 2009, the occurrence of Fascioloides (F.) magna in deer of a deer farm located in northeastern Bavaria, Germany, at the border to the Czech Republic was confirmed in autumn 2011. In March 2012, the deer were treated for fascioloidosis with triclabendazole. To monitor the epizootiology of fascioloidosis in the farm, 80–100 faecal samples were examined for Fascioloides eggs at monthly intervals from June 2012 to June 2013 inclusive. In addition, livers of 27 red deer and one sika deer collected during winter 2012/2013 were examined for gross lesions suspicious for F. magna infection and 21 of the 28 livers were dissected for F. magna recovery. Fascioloides eggs were recorded in 63 (4.9%) of 1280 faecal samples (range 0.4 to 355 eggs per gram). Both, number of Fascioloides-egg positive samples and egg counts were low during the first eight months of the study but increased notably since February 2013. While Fascioloides egg-positive faecal samples were obtained from red deer (46/948, 4.9%) and fallow deer (17/166, 10.2%), no Fascioloides eggs were demonstrated in the 166 samples obtained from sika deer. Livers of five red deer and the sika deer showed gross lesions characteristic for fascioloidosis, and F. magna were recovered from three of the five affected red deer livers (range, five to seven flukes). Results of this study confirm that F. magna is endemic in the deer farm, and measures should be implemented to minimize the transmission of the parasite. PB - Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG PP - Hannover PY - 2015 SP - 177 EP - 182 T1 - Fascioloides magna – epizootiology in a deer farm in Germany T2 - Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift TI - Fascioloides magna – epizootiology in a deer farm in Germany TT - Epizootiologie von Fascioloides magna in einem Wildgehege in Deutschland VL - 128 SN - 0005-9366 ER -