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dc.contributor.authorMilner, Jos M.
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-21T11:06:13Z
dc.date.available2013-05-21T11:06:13Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationMilner, J. M., & van Beest, F. (2013). Ecological correlates of a tick-borne disease, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, in moose in southern Norway. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 59(3), 399-406. doi: 10.1007/s10344-012-0685-4no_NO
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/134560
dc.descriptionThis is the postprint version of the article published in European Journal of Wildlife Research. The published version can be located at www.springerlink.comno_NO
dc.description.abstractAs the distribution and abundance of ticks increase, so do the risks of tick-borne diseases. Anaplasma phagocytophilum, transmitted by Ixodes spp. ticks, is a widespread tick-borne infection causing tick-borne fever (TBF) in domestic ruminants and human granulocytic anaplasmosis. However, the role of wildlife in its epidemiology is poorly understood. Evidence of infection has been detected in wild cervids, but the pathogenicity and ecological consequences are unknown. We conducted a serological study of moose (Alces alces) in two populations in southern Norway, one where TBF was endemic (Telemark) and the other where sheep ticks (Ixodes ricinus) were essentially absent (Hedmark). Seroprevalence to A. phagocytophilum antibodies was 79 and 0 %, respectively. In Telemark, seroprevalence was significantly higher among females that calved successfully (85 %) than among others (50 %). Body mass and winter mass change were unrelated to serostatus. Relative abundance of questing ticks in Telemark was highest in deciduous forest and lowest in mature coniferous forest and higher at easterly aspects and altitudes below 350 m. Habitat factors associated with high tick abundance were risk factors for seropositivity among moose. Our findings were consistent with anaplasmosis causing a persistent subclinical infection in moose without population-level effects. Further work is needed to establish the importance of moose as a reservoir for the disease in sympatric domestic livestock.no_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherSpringerno_NO
dc.subjectalces alcesno_NO
dc.subjectclimate changeno_NO
dc.subjectdeerno_NO
dc.subjectehrlichiosisno_NO
dc.subjectwildlife diseaseno_NO
dc.titleEcological correlates of a tick-borne disease, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, in moose in southern Norwayno_NO
dc.typeJournal articleno_NO
dc.typePeer reviewedno_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480no_NO
dc.source.pagenumber399-406no_NO
dc.source.volume59no_NO
dc.source.journalEuropean Journal of Wildlife Researchno_NO
dc.source.issue3no_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10344-012-0685-4


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