Molecular detection of Angiostrongylus vasorum in gastropods in Surrey, UK
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Hicklenton, L. and Betson, M. (2019) Molecular detection of Angiostrongylus vasorum in gastropods in Surrey, UK Parasitology Research, 118 (3). pp. 1051-1054.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-6191-1
Abstract
Surrey, a county in southern England, is a hot spot for angiostrongylosis in domestic dogs but there have been no investigations into the intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus vasorum in this area. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of A. vasorum in gastropods in Guildford, the most populous town in Surrey, and to ascertain which gastropod species can act as intermediate hosts for A. vasorum. Gastropods (n=97) were sampled in six locations, representing urban, suburban and rural environments and identified to species based on morphological features. A PCR assay was used to detect A. vasorum DNA in gastropod tissue and the species of infected specimens was confirmed by sequencing of mitochondrial genes. 4.1% (4/97) of sampled gastropods and 9.1% (4/44) of sampled slugs were A. vasorum positive. Infected gastropod species were Arion rufus (n=3) and Deroceras invadens (n=1), the first description of the latter species as a potential intermediate host for A. vasorum. Two infected slugs were sampled in urban environments and two in suburban environments. The results demonstrate that there is a risk of transmission of A. vasorum to domestic dogs from the gastropod population in urban and suburban areas of Guildford.
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| Divisions : | Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences > School of Veterinary Medicine | |||||||||
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| Date : | March 2019 | |||||||||
| Funders : | European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites (ESCCAP), University of Surrey | |||||||||
| DOI : | 10.1007/s00436-018-6191-1 | |||||||||
| Copyright Disclaimer : | © The Author(s) 2019. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. | |||||||||
| Uncontrolled Keywords : | Angiostrongylus vasorum; Gastropod; Deroceras invadens; Arion rufus | |||||||||
| Depositing User : | Clive Harris | |||||||||
| Date Deposited : | 30 Jan 2019 16:07 | |||||||||
| Last Modified : | 26 Apr 2019 00:00 | |||||||||
| URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/850326 |
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