Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in exotic ruminants and camelids in the Czech Republic
Language English Country Germany Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
28497227
DOI
10.1007/s00436-017-5470-6
PII: 10.1007/s00436-017-5470-6
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- Keywords
- Dynamic of antibodies, Neosporosis, Ruminants, Serology, Toxoplasmosis,
- MeSH
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay veterinary MeSH
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect veterinary MeSH
- Coccidiosis epidemiology parasitology veterinary MeSH
- Neospora immunology MeSH
- Prevalence MeSH
- Ruminants parasitology MeSH
- Seroepidemiologic Studies MeSH
- Toxoplasma immunology MeSH
- Toxoplasmosis, Animal epidemiology parasitology MeSH
- Camelidae parasitology MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic epidemiology MeSH
Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii are the protozoan parasites with definitive hosts from order Carnivora. Due to vertical transmission, both parasites can cause abortions and neonatal mortality that lead to significant productive and economic losses in the domestic ruminants. The aim of this study was to describe N. caninum and T. gondii seroprevalence in the group of frequently farmed captive exotic ruminants (n = 184) including Bovidae (barbary sheep, bezoar goat, common eland, American bison, water buffalo, and yak) and Camelidae (bactrian camel, guanaco, llama, and alpaca). Antibodies were tested by indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Higher prevalence of T. gondii antibodies (31% in IFAT and 52% in ELISA) was detected compared to N. caninum (24% in IFAT and 17% in cELISA). Mixed infection was found in 18 (10%) and 22 (12%) animals by IFAT and ELISA, respectively. Higher seroprevalence of both N. caninum and T. gondii was found in Camelidae compared to Bovidae. To author knowledge, this is the first detection of T. gondii and N. caninum antibodies in common elands and bezoar goats.
State Veterinary Institute Prague Sídlištní 136 24 165 03 Prague 6 Czech Republic
The Prague Zoological Garden U Trojského zámku 3 120 171 00 Prague Czech Republic
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