%0 Journal Article
%T Evidence for Chlamydiaceae and Parachlamydiaceae in a wild boar (Sus scrofa) population in Italy
%A Antonietta Di Francesco
%A Raffaella Baldelli
%A Manuela Donati
%A Claudia Cotti
%J Veterinaria Italiana
%D 2013
%I Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale
%X Conjunctival swabs from 44 free-living wild boars culled during a demographic control programme applied in a Regional Park located in the Northern Italy were examined by 16S rRNA encoding gene nested PCR. In total, 22 (50%) wild boars were PCR positive. Sequencing of the amplicons identified Chlamydia suis and Chlamydia pecorum in 12 and 5 samples, respectively. For one sample found PCR positive, the nucleotide sequence could not be determined. Four conjunctival samples showed ¡Ý 92% sequence similarities to 16S rRNA sequences from Chlamydia-like organisms, as did large intestine, uterus, and vaginal swabs from the same four animals. Amoeba DNA was found in one Chlamydia-like organism positive conjunctival swab. To our knowledge, this is the first detection of members of the Parachlamydiaceae family in wild boars, confirming a large animal host range for Chlamydia-like organisms.
%K Chlamydiaceae
%K Italy
%K Nested PCR
%K Parachlamydiaceae
%K Wild boar
%U http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2013/49_1/119.pdf