title

The importance of small mammals in epizootic events of tularaemia in the Kharkiv Region

author(s)

Naglov, V.

affiliation

Kharkov regional sanitary and epidemiological station (Kharkiv, Ukraine)

bibliography

Proceedings of the Theriological School. 2014. Vol. 12: 47–55.

DOI

language

Russian, with English summary, titles of tables, captures to figs

abstract

Results of serological investigations of 11,896 small mammals of 16 species in the Kharkiv region were analysed. All species were included into epizootic events and five species had a leading role. Each of them had the highest importance in the biotopes where they were dominant. Natural niduses of tularaemia in the Kharkiv region are not similar with any known type of loci. Close relationship between animal abundance and the number of infected individuals was detected in the region in general and in each biotope. The dependence of the epizootic events intensity from the total number of small mammals was found. The largest number of infected individuals was detected in floodplains where the number of small mammals was the highest; instead, in between-river areas there was only seasonal growth of small mammals. It was found that the core foci of tularaemia were confined to valleys and natural foci of tularaemia in Kharkiv are represented by polyhostal loci in valleys that are intrazonal.

keywords

small mammals, tularaemia, the importance of epizootic, Kharkiv region.

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