Parasites of wild brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) on UK farms
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Parasitology
- Vol. 111 (3) , 247-255
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000081804
Abstract
SUMMARY: Wild brown rats (Rattus norvegiens) from 11 rural UK farmsteads were found to carry 13 zoonotic and 10 non-zoonotic parasitic species, many of which (e.g.Cryptosporidium, Pasteurella, Listeria, Yersinia, CoxiellaandHantavirus) have rarely or never been previously investigated for wild rats. The study suggests that wild brown rats, serving as vectors of disease, represent a serious risk to the health of humans and domestic animals in the UK.Keywords
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