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- Borrelia burgendorferi infection
- Lyme borreliosis
- Borrelia burgendorferi (sensu lato)
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- Borrelia burgendorferi (Borrelia sp.)
In Dogs:
- Following exposure to ticks, sudden onset lameness may develop involving swelling and pain in one or more joints, with the arthritis commonly moving from one joint to another.
- Synovial fluid contains large numbers of polymorphonuclear leucocytes and spirochetes (visible by dark-field microscopy or with fluorescent antibodies).
- Fever and lymphadenopathy may also occur.
(B47)
In other animals:
- Infection has been described in a horse (encephalitis, arthritis and panuveitis) and a pony. (B47)
- Infection has been described in a cow (arthritis, myocarditis, nephritis and pneumonitis). (B47)
In Humans:
- A multi-systemic disorder. Initial skin lesions may be seen 3-30 days after infection, with a non-painful spreading erythematous rash, with or without 'flu-like symptoms (which may occur after weeks to months). Months to years after infection, joint pain, cardiac and/or neurological symptoms may appear. (P23.1999S.w8)
In Hedgehogs:
- Detection of Borrelia borgendorferi organisms in biopsy specimens by using fluorescent antibodies or immunoperoxidase-labelled monoclonal antibodies. (B47)
- Culture into modified Kelley's medium (0.1 ml of citrated blood or synovial fluid), with cultures inspected (using dark-field microscopy) for spirochetes every week. (B47)
Occurrence in Hedgehogs:
- Infection rate of 2.6% of 2355 Ixodes hexagonus and in 8.3% of 254 Ixodes ricinus ticks from Erinaceus europaeus - West European Hedgehog from Germany and Austria. (Th4)
- Borrelia burgendorferi (sensu lato) was detected in 13/111 female Ixodes hexagonus collected from hedgehogs in North and South Germany. (J146.44.w1)
- Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus - West European Hedgehog) from urban and suburban areas in Switzerland harboured ticks (Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes hexagonus) which were infected with Borrelia burgendorferi sensu lato; hedgehogs were shown to reservoir hosts from the spirochaete: tick larvae fed on the hedgehogs became infected and DNA of Borrelia burgendorferi sensu strictu, Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii was detected from ear biopsy and needle aspiration material. Mixed infection (Borrelia burgendorferi sensu strictu and Borrelia garinii) was found in one individual. (J119.44.w1)
- Borrelia burgendorferi was found in a large percentage of Ixodes ricinus ticks (larvae and nymphs) which had engorged on a European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus - West European Hedgehog) in County Galway, Ireland and was transmitted from the hedgehog to laboratory-reared ticks. It is considered possible that hedgehogs play an important role in the ecology of this disease in some habitats. (J203.18.w1)
Further information on Host species has only been incorporated for species groups for which a full Wildpro "Health and Management" module has been completed (i.e. for which a comprehensive literature review has been undertaken).
(List does not contain all other species groups affected by this infectious agent)