The occurrence and an ape-to-ape transmission of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in captive gorillas

Modrý, David; Petrželková, Klára Judita; Pomajbíková, K.; Tokiwa, T.; Křížek, J.; Imai, S.; Vallo, Peter; Profousová, Ilona; Šlapeta, J.

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00369.x

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The occurrence and an ape-to-ape transmission of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in captive gorillas

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SYSNO ASEP	0307393
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	The occurrence and an ape-to-ape transmission of entodiniomorphid ciliate Troglodytella abrassarti in captive gorillas
Title	Výskyt a přenos entodiniomorfních nálevníků Troglodytella abrassarti mezi gorilami v zajetí
Author(s)	Modrý, David (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Petrželková, Klára Judita (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID} Pomajbíková, K. (CZ) Tokiwa, T. (JP) Křížek, J. (CZ) Imai, S. (JP) Vallo, Peter (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID} Profousová, Ilona (UBO-W) Šlapeta, J. (AU)
Number of authors	9
Source Title	Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. - : Wiley - ISSN 1066-5234 Roč. 56, č. 1 (2009), s. 83-87
Number of pages	5 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	US - United States
Keywords	Chimpanzee ; Gorilla gorilla ; molecular phylogeny ; zoo
Subject RIV	EG - Zoology
R&D Projects	GA524/06/0264 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
CEZ	AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011)
	AV0Z60220518 - PAU-O, BC-A (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000263948600011
EID SCOPUS	61849091568
DOI	10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00369.x
Annotation	Entodiniomorphid ciliates present in the colon of wild apes tend to disappear from captive apes with the exception of Troglodytella abrassarti. We used fecal examinations to screen the gorillas in 3 Zoos to establish the ape-to-ape T. abrassarti transmission pattern. Gorillas from 2 European Zoos are positive for T. abrassarti while gorillas from the Australian Zoo are negative. We documented a horizontal transmission of T.abrassarti to a negative adult gorilla introduced into Troglodytella-positive group in Prague Zoo and traced the origin of the ciliate infection to the Paington Zoo using serial fecal examinations. 2 infant gorillas born in Prague Zoo became first positive for T. abrassarti at the age of 9 month. Ciliate morphology and the sequencing of SSU rRNA gene and ITS rDNA spacer region revealed that T. abrassarti affects both captive gorillas and chimpanzees. We conclude that Zoo transports play a major role in the distribution of T. abrassarti in captive gorillas.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2009

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