Risk factors for canine neosporosis in farm and kennel dogs in southern Italy
| Autor: | Domenico Otranto, Cinzia Cantacessi, Paola Paradies, Alexander J. Trees, Gabriella Testini, Gioia Capelli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Veterinary medicine animal diseases Cattle Diseases Percent Inhibition Dogs Risk Factors Seroepidemiologic Studies parasitic diseases Inhibition elisa Animals Seroprevalence Dog Diseases General Veterinary biology Coccidiosis business.industry fungi Neospora Endemic area General Medicine biology.organism_classification Housing Animal Neospora caninum Italy Cattle Female Parasitology Livestock Leishmania infantum business |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Parasitology. 145:240-244 |
| ISSN: | 0304-4017 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.12.013 |
| Popis: | Neosporosis by Neospora caninum causes losses to livestock production through abortion in cattle while, in dogs, it induces neuromuscolar disease. This study investigated neosporosis seroprevalence associated risk factors (including the seropositivity to leishmaniosis) in dogs of southern Italy, determined the prevalence of N. caninum oocyst shedding and examined the relationship between seroprevalence of neosporosis in farm dogs and cattle. Using an inhibition ELISA, 20.9% of 306 dogs had percent inhibition values >10 (indicative of exposure) and farm dogs had a significantly (p < 0.001) higher seroprevalence than dogs in a rescue kennel. Whilst N. caninum seroprevalence was associated with increasing age in dogs (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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