What's bugging Himalayan big cats : vector-borne pathogens of wild tigers and leopards in Nepal

Pandey, Gita Sadaula; Sadaula, Amir; Abdelbaset, Abdelbaset Eweda; Manandhar, Prajwol; Silwal, Pradeepa; Shrestha, Bijaya Kumar; Ohsugi, Yuki; Qiu, Yongjin; Kwak, Mackenzie L.; Hayashi, Naoki; Nonaka, Nariaki; Nakao, Ryo

What's bugging Himalayan big cats : vector-borne pathogens of wild tigers and leopards in Nepal

Pandey, Gita Sadaula; Sadaula, Amir; Abdelbaset, Abdelbaset Eweda et al.

European journal of wildlife research, 2025, 71(5), 92

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URI	https://hdl.handle.net/2115/98055
タイトル	What's bugging Himalayan big cats : vector-borne pathogens of wild tigers and leopards in Nepal
著者	Pandey, Gita Sadaula ; Sadaula, Amir ; Abdelbaset, Abdelbaset Eweda ; Manandhar, Prajwol ; Silwal, Pradeepa ; Shrestha, Bijaya Kumar ; Ohsugi, Yuki ; Qiu, Yongjin ; Kwak, Mackenzie L. ; Hayashi, Naoki ; Nonaka, Nariaki ; Nakao, Ryo
著者名 Pandey, Gita Sadaula
著者名 Sadaula, Amir
著者名 Abdelbaset, Abdelbaset Eweda
著者名 Manandhar, Prajwol
著者名 Silwal, Pradeepa
著者名 Shrestha, Bijaya Kumar
著者名 Ohsugi, Yuki
e-Rad_Researcher 00760985 著者名 Qiu, Yongjin
著者名 Kwak, Mackenzie L.
e-Rad_Researcher 61002481 著者名 Hayashi, Naoki
e-Rad_Researcher 50281853 著者名 Nonaka, Nariaki
e-Rad_Researcher 50633955 著者名 Nakao, Ryo
言語	英語
キーワード	Leopard
	Tiger
	Vector-borne pathogens
	Nepal
発行日	2025-08-07
出版者	Springer
収録物名	European journal of wildlife research
巻(号)	71(5)
ページ	92
抄録	The survival of endangered wildlife can be threatened by infectious agents including vector-borne pathogens (VBPs), which can compromise their health and reproductive success. Understanding the prevalence of these pathogens in under-studied areas, such as Nepal, is crucial for conservation efforts. In the current study, bacterial and protozoan VBPs in rescued endangered wild felids [Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) (n = 20) and leopards (Panthera pardus) (n = 15)] in Nepal, were screened by species- or group-specific molecular assays. A total of 33 (94%) felids were infected with at least one VBP, with 26 (74%) being co-infected with more than one. The overall infection rate of Theileria bicornis, Cytauxzoon sp., Babesia panickeri, Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum, and Mycoplasma haemofelis were 57% (n = 20), 31% (n = 11), 9% (n = 3), 60% (n = 21), and 17% (n = 6), respectively. All samples tested negative for Hepatozoon, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Bartonella, and Borrelia. Infections by T. bicornis were higher in leopards, while those caused by Cytauxzoon sp. and Mycoplasma spp. were higher in tigers. The difference in infection rate of T. bicornis, Cytauxzoon sp., and Mycoplasma spp. among the wild felids species was statistically significant. This high infection rate of VBPs highlights the need for comprehensive surveillance of VBPs to assess interspecies transmission among wild animals sharing common habitat and the potential for these pathogens to spread to domestic animals and humans.
資源タイプ	学術雑誌論文
出版タイプ	Accepted Manuscript
権利情報	This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-01969-6
PISSN	1612-4642
関連情報 (isVersionOf)	出版社版DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-01969-6