Importance of equine piroplasmosis antibody presence in Spanish horses prior to export
| Autor: | Lucía de Juan, Sergio González, Kelly Alejandra Carvajal, Abel Dorrego, Lucas Domínguez, Eliazar Camino, Fatima Cruz-Lopez, Pilar Pozo, Aranzazu Buendia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine Veterinary medicine Babesia caballi 030231 tropical medicine ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Antibodies Protozoan Microbiology Serology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Seroepidemiologic Studies Babesiosis parasitic diseases Prevalence Animals Seroprevalence Horses biology Acaricide ved/biology Serum samples Equine piroplasmosis Cross-Sectional Studies 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Theileria equi Spain Insect Science biology.protein Female Horse Diseases Parasitology Antibody |
| Zdroj: | Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 11:101329 |
| ISSN: | 1877-959X |
| Popis: | Serological analysis of equine piroplasmosis (EP), caused by Theileria equi and Babesia caballi, is included in the export testing requirements for most of the countries worldwide, thus involving a high economic impact on equine industry of EP-endemic countries, such as Spain. A total of 3368 serum samples from healthy horses collected prior to export between 2015 and 2018 in Spain were tested for antibodies against T. equi and B. caballi by using a competitive inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA). The overall seroprevalence results in Spain revealed that almost a quarter of the horses analysed (24.1 %; 95% CI 22.6-25.5) could not be exported to countries free from EP. The implementation of prevention measures such as the use of acaricides and daily checks for ticks in horses, as well as regular serological screening of horses in Spain would aid to increase the number of horses exported to other countries. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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