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SURVEY OF WILD MAMMALS IN A CHESAPEAKE BAY AREA FOR SELECTED ZOONOSES

1972; Wildlife Disease Association; Volume: 8; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7589/0090-3558-8.2.119

1943-3700

A. D. Alexander, Vagn Flyger, Yaye F. Herman, Stewart McConnell, N. Rothstein, R. H. Yager,

Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Studies were conducted on 104 striped skunks, 97 raccoons, 64 opossums, 10 woodchucks, 5 feral cats, and 1 muskrat. Animals were trapped on an undeveloped forest and swamp area in Eastern Maryland. Leptospiral agglutinins were demonstrated in 62% of the skunks, 15% of opossums and 50% of the raccoons. Leptospiral serogroup members isolated from hosts were as follows: skunks — icterohaetnorrhagiae, grippotyphosa, ballum, and autumnalis; opossum — icterohaemorrhagiae and ballum; raccoon — icterohaemorrhagiae. Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from one raccoon. Significant complement-fixing antibodies for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever group of rickettsia were demonstrated in 15% of 102 skunks, 18% of 94 raccoons, 40% of 10 woodchucks and in only 1 of 54 opossums. Isolates of a pox virus which appears to be a new type were obtained from upper respiratory tissues of two raccoons. Significant antibody titers for the isolated pox virus were demonstrated in 23% of 92 raccoon sera. Two isolates serologically rela...