Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum Infection in Dairy Cattle in Tabriz, Northwest Iran

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of antibody to Neospora caninum in healthy and aborted dairy cattle in Tabriz, capital of East-Azarbaijan in northwest of Iran. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study serum samples were collected from 266 healthy and aborted Holes...

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Autores principales: Nematollahi, A, Jaafari, R, Moghaddam, Gh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22347319
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of antibody to Neospora caninum in healthy and aborted dairy cattle in Tabriz, capital of East-Azarbaijan in northwest of Iran. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study serum samples were collected from 266 healthy and aborted Holestein-Feriesisnc cows from September 2008 to August 2009. The sera were analyzed to detect of antibody against N. caninum using the commercially ELISA kit. RESULTS: Seroprevalence of antibody to N. caninum was 10.5% in Tabriz dairy cattle. Also the abortion rate in all cattle sampled was 33.6% but percentage of seropositive aborted cattle was 18.4%. CONCLUSION: Neosporosis could be one of the possible causes of abortion in dairy cattle in Tabriz and regarding the distribution in dogs as definitive host for the parasite, further studies in dog and cattle are recommended.
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spelling pubmed-32799112012-02-16 Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum Infection in Dairy Cattle in Tabriz, Northwest Iran Nematollahi, A Jaafari, R Moghaddam, Gh Iran J Parasitol Short Communication BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of antibody to Neospora caninum in healthy and aborted dairy cattle in Tabriz, capital of East-Azarbaijan in northwest of Iran. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study serum samples were collected from 266 healthy and aborted Holestein-Feriesisnc cows from September 2008 to August 2009. The sera were analyzed to detect of antibody against N. caninum using the commercially ELISA kit. RESULTS: Seroprevalence of antibody to N. caninum was 10.5% in Tabriz dairy cattle. Also the abortion rate in all cattle sampled was 33.6% but percentage of seropositive aborted cattle was 18.4%. CONCLUSION: Neosporosis could be one of the possible causes of abortion in dairy cattle in Tabriz and regarding the distribution in dogs as definitive host for the parasite, further studies in dog and cattle are recommended. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3279911/ /pubmed/22347319 Text en © 2011 Iranian Society of Parasitology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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title_full Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum Infection in Dairy Cattle in Tabriz, Northwest Iran
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title_short Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum Infection in Dairy Cattle in Tabriz, Northwest Iran
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