Seroprevalence of equine glanders in horses in the central and eastern parts of Mongolia

Glanders is a contagious and fatal equine disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia mallei. B. mallei is prevalent among horse populations in Asia, the Middle East, and South America. More than four million horses have been registered in Mongolia in 2020. However, the recent prevale...

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Autores principales: ERDEMSURAKH, Ochbayar, OCHIRBAT, Khurtsbaatar, GOMBOSUREN, Ulziisaikhan, TSERENDORJ, Batbold, PUREVDORJ, Baatarjargal, VANAABAATAR, Batbaatar, AOSHIMA, Keisuke, KOBAYASHI, Atsushi, KIMURA, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2020
Materias:
Bacteriology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7538334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32641602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.20-0219
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Sumario:Glanders is a contagious and fatal equine disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia mallei. B. mallei is prevalent among horse populations in Asia, the Middle East, and South America. More than four million horses have been registered in Mongolia in 2020. However, the recent prevalence of glanders has not been well investigated. In this study, we aimed to investigate the seropositivity of B. mallei in horse populations in Mongolia using the complement fixation test (CFT) and Rose Bengal plate agglutination test (RBT). We randomly collected blood samples from horses in central and eastern Mongolia between 2018 and 2019. Of 337 horses, 26 (7.7%) and 28 (8.3%) were seropositive using RBT and CFT, respectively. Interestingly, seropositivity in horses resulting from crossbreeding of Mongolian native horses with thoroughbred horses was higher than that in Mongolian native horses. Our observations suggest that equine glanders are still endemic to Mongolia.

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