OCCURRENCE OF PATHOGENS IN THE BARENTS SEA POLAR BEAR ( URSUS MARITIMUS ) SUBPOPULATION

S. V. Naidenko; Найденко С. В.; P. S. Klyuchnikova; Ключникова П. С.; E. A. Ivanov; Иванов Е. А.; I. N. Mordvintsev; Мордвинцев И. Н.; N. G. Platonov; Платонов Н. Г.; A. I. Isachenko; Исаченко А. И.; R. E. Lazareva; Лазарева Р. Е.; V. V. Rozhnov; Рожнов В. В.

doi:10.31857/S0044513423070097

OCCURRENCE OF PATHOGENS IN THE BARENTS SEA POLAR BEAR (URSUS MARITIMUS) SUBPOPULATION

Authors: Naidenko S.V.¹, Klyuchnikova P.S.¹, Ivanov E.A.¹, Mordvintsev I.N.¹, Platonov N.G.¹, Isachenko .I.², Lazareva R.E.², Rozhnov V.V.¹
Affiliations:
1. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
2. “Arctic Research Center”
Issue: Vol 102, No 7 (2023)
Pages: 808-814
Section: ARTICLES
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0044-5134/article/view/136842
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0044513423070097
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/PDJPJI
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The Polar bear’s seropositivity from the Barents Sea subpopulation to a number of pathogens was analyzed: Canine distemper virus, Herpes simplex virus, Parvovirus, Toxoplasma, Trichinella (Trichinella sp.), Mycoplasma (Mycoplasma sp.), Candida (Candida sp.) and Chlamydia (Chlamydia sp.). Seropositive animals have been identified for Canine distemper virus and Trichinella (Trichinella sp.). The proportion of seropositive animals to Trichinella was the maximal. Over the last 10 years, an increased share of animals seropositive to Trichinella and Canine distemper virus has been noted in the study area.

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seropositivity, Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya, Polar bear, Canine distemper virus, Trichinella

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