PARASITES OF WILD BROWN-RATS (RATTUS-NORVEGICUS) ON UK FARMS

Authors
WEBSTER JP MACDONALD DW
Citation
Jp. Webster et Dw. Macdonald, PARASITES OF WILD BROWN-RATS (RATTUS-NORVEGICUS) ON UK FARMS, Parasitology, 111, 1995, pp. 247-255
Citations number
54
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00311820
Volume
111
Year of publication
1995
Part
3
Pages
247 - 255
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-1820(1995)111:<247:POWB(O>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Wild brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) from 11 rural UK farmsteads were f ound to carry 13 zoonotic and 10 non-zoonotic parasitic species, many of which (e.g. Cryptosporidium, Pasteurella, Listeria, Yersinia, Coxie lla and Hantavirus) have rarely or never been previously investigated for wild rats. The study suggests that wild brown rats, serving as vec tors of disease, represent a serious risk to the health of humans and domestic animals in the UK.