Abstract
Recent studies show 60.3% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses and 71.8% of these number are obtained from wild animals in in-situ habitat. Therefore, high animal diversity in Indonesia is also followed by animal-borne diseases, both zoonoses or not. One of the in-situ habitats of wildlife that needs attention is the biosphere reserves. Here we conducted a research to analyze the health status of Maxomys bartelsii (Jentink, 1910) rats from biosphere reserve in Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park. Rats were chosen because they are very potential for zoonoses transmission to human, such as leptospirosis, bubonic plague, and hantavirus. Peripheral blood samples were taken from 5 adult rats that were captured using live traps. Morphological evaluation of blood cells was carried out under a microscope at 1000x magnification. Our results show several erythrocyte abnormalities (hypochromasia, anisocytosis, and acanthocyte) and leukocyte abnormalities (neutrophilia, eosinophilia, and leukocytopenia) are observed in all individuals. These results indicate that most of rats suffered several pathological conditions that need to be explored.
Highlights
Indonesia has a very high diversity of animals, followed by the high threat of possibly-zoonotic animalborne diseases
Based on data from Jones et al [1], as many as 60.3% of emerging infectious diseases (EID) were zoonotic and 71.8% of these came from wild animals in in-situ habitat
According to Soepraptini et al [6], as part of the body's circulatory system, blood consisting of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelet serves as a medium for transporting various substances the body needs and contains a lot of information about the physiology of an individual
Summary
Indonesia has a very high diversity of animals, followed by the high threat of possibly-zoonotic animalborne diseases. These rat have the potential to be a source of zoonotic diseases, such as leptospirosis, bubonic plague, and hantavirus [3] These rats are endemic in the mountain forests of West Java and are not disturbed by the presence of humans around them, so that they can be found even in forest areas [4]. According to Soepraptini et al [6], as part of the body's circulatory system, blood consisting of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelet serves as a medium for transporting various substances the body needs and contains a lot of information about the physiology of an individual This information is very useful to provide a picture of the potential diseases that can be transmitted by animals from an area. This study looked at the differentiation of leukocytes and erythrocyte cytology (size, shape, and color) of M. bartelsii sampled from TNGGP
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