TY - JOUR
T1 - Limited detection of shared zoonotic pathogens in deer keds and blacklegged ticks co-parasitizing white-tailed deer in the eastern United States
AU - Olafson, Pia Untalan
AU - Poh, Karen C.
AU - Evans, Jesse R.
AU - Skvarla, Michael J.
AU - Machtinger, Erika T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported, in part, by USDA‐ARS Project #3094‐32000‐041‐00‐D and by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Hatch Appropriations under Project PEN04608 and Accession number 1010032. The authors would like to thank Elizabeth Tuorinsky, Taylor Miller, Jessica Brown, Kaila Fedele, Hannah Tiffin, and our student volunteers for their help collecting samples from deer processors; Helen Schwantje and the British Columbia Wildlife Health Program and staff, Shari Willmott, Bill Donahue, and G. Johnson for providing deer ked specimens from British Columbia, California, and Montana; the hunters who submitted deer ked and tick samples to the study; and the deer processors for providing access to deer at their facilities. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the USDA. The USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Funding Information:
This work was supported, in part, by USDA-ARS Project #3094-32000-041-00-D and by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Hatch Appropriations under Project PEN04608 and Accession number 1010032. The authors would like to thank Elizabeth Tuorinsky, Taylor Miller, Jessica Brown, Kaila Fedele, Hannah Tiffin, and our student volunteers for their help collecting samples from deer processors; Helen Schwantje and the British Columbia Wildlife Health Program and staff, Shari Willmott, Bill Donahue, and G. Johnson for providing deer ked specimens from British Columbia, California, and Montana; the hunters who submitted deer ked and tick samples to the study; and the deer processors for providing access to deer at their facilities. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the USDA. The USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Medical and Veterinary Entomology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Entomological Society. This article has been contributed to by U.S. Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Deer keds, such as Lipoptena cervi Linnaeus (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), are blood-feeding flies from which several human and animal pathogens have been detected, including Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato Johnson (Spirochaetales: Borreliaceae), the causative agent of Lyme disease. Cervids (Artiodactyla: Cervidae), which are the primary hosts of deer keds, are not natural reservoirs of B. burgdorferi sl, and it has been suggested that deer keds may acquire bacterial pathogens via co-feeding near infected ticks. We screened L. cervi (n = 306) and Ixodes scapularis Say (Ixodida: Ixodidae) (n = 315) collected from 38 white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania for the family Anaplasmataceae, Bartonella spp. (Hyphomicrobiales: Bartonellaceae), Borrelia spp., and Rickettsia spp. (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae). Limited similarity in the bacterial DNA detected between these ectoparasites per host suggested that co-feeding may not be a mechanism by which deer keds acquire these bacteria. The feeding biology and life history of deer keds may impact the observed results, as could the season when specimens were collected. We separately screened L. cervi (n = 410), L. mazamae Róndani (n = 13), L. depressa Say (n = 10), and Neolipoptena ferrisi Bequaert (n = 14) collections from locations within the United States and Canada for the same pathogens. These results highlight the need to further study deer ked-host and deer ked-tick relationships.
AB - Deer keds, such as Lipoptena cervi Linnaeus (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), are blood-feeding flies from which several human and animal pathogens have been detected, including Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato Johnson (Spirochaetales: Borreliaceae), the causative agent of Lyme disease. Cervids (Artiodactyla: Cervidae), which are the primary hosts of deer keds, are not natural reservoirs of B. burgdorferi sl, and it has been suggested that deer keds may acquire bacterial pathogens via co-feeding near infected ticks. We screened L. cervi (n = 306) and Ixodes scapularis Say (Ixodida: Ixodidae) (n = 315) collected from 38 white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania for the family Anaplasmataceae, Bartonella spp. (Hyphomicrobiales: Bartonellaceae), Borrelia spp., and Rickettsia spp. (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae). Limited similarity in the bacterial DNA detected between these ectoparasites per host suggested that co-feeding may not be a mechanism by which deer keds acquire these bacteria. The feeding biology and life history of deer keds may impact the observed results, as could the season when specimens were collected. We separately screened L. cervi (n = 410), L. mazamae Róndani (n = 13), L. depressa Say (n = 10), and Neolipoptena ferrisi Bequaert (n = 14) collections from locations within the United States and Canada for the same pathogens. These results highlight the need to further study deer ked-host and deer ked-tick relationships.
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U2 - 10.1111/mve.12620
DO - 10.1111/mve.12620
M3 - Article
C2 - 36286196
AN - SCOPUS:85140469240
SN - 0269-283X
VL - 37
SP - 179
EP - 188
JO - Medical and Veterinary Entomology
JF - Medical and Veterinary Entomology
IS - 2
ER -
