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Surveillance in wildlife offers an insight on current epidemiological status of selected pathogens and help to prevent spillovers to humans and livestock.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Material and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our study included 312 wild ruminants belonging to five species: Roe deer (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009134), red deer (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009113), Alpine chamois (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200953), European mouflon (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200910) and Alpine ibex (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20092). Seven pathogens that may have profound effect on human\/livestock health and economic viability of the farms were tested using serological methods.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Antibodies against <jats:italic>Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum, Coxiella burnetii, Brucella<\/jats:italic> spp., <jats:italic>Chlamydophila abortus, Mycobacterium avium<\/jats:italic> subsp. <jats:italic>paratuberculosis<\/jats:italic> (MAP) and <jats:italic>Mycobacterium bovis<\/jats:italic> were detected in 34.62% (108\/312), 0.96% (3\/312), 2.24% (7\/312), 0, 0.96% (3\/312), 0, 0.64% (2\/312) of animals tested, respectively. Because of low prevalences, risk factors were assessed only for <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic>. Sex (female&amp;gt;male) and species (roe deer&amp;gt;red deer, roe deer&amp;gt;Alpine chamois) were significantly associated with the <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> positive outcome, while age was not.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Adult males had the lowest <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> prevalence which offers future research opportunities. The lower seroprevalence of most investigated pathogens suggests game meat, if properly cooked, as being relatively safe for human consumption. 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