Prevalence and correlates of antibodies to Neospora caninum in dogs in Portugal

Parasite

and Luís Cardoso⁷  Lenea Campino¹  Paulo Pimenta²  Ana Patrícia Lopes⁴  Hugo Brancal⁶  Helder Cortes³  Carla Maia⁵ 

[1] Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Universidade do Algarve,Faro,Portugal;Hospital Veterinário de Trás-os-Montes,Vila Real,Portugal;Victor Caeiro Laboratory of Parasitology, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, (ICAAM), University of Évora,Portugal;Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária (CECAV), UTAD,Vila Real,Portugal;Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias,Lisboa,Portugal;Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco,Castelo Branco,Portugal;Department of Veterinary Sciences, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD),Vila Real,Portugal

关键词: Portugal;    Prevalence;    cELISA;    Dog;    Neospora caninum;   

Others  :  808312
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/parasite/2014031

 received in 2014-05-21, accepted in 2014-06-16,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Neosporosis, caused by Neospora caninum, is an important cause of abortion in cattle and of neurological disease in dogs. This study investigated the prevalence and correlates of antibodies to N. caninum in 441 dogs from the five regions of mainland Portugal. A commercial competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA) was used and specific antibodies were detected in 35 (7.9%) dogs. Seroprevalence levels were significantly different among some of the studied regions, as well as between stray dogs (13.6%) and hunting dogs (1.7%). The difference between seropositivity in dogs presenting musculoskeletal or neurological signs (21.4%) and that in animals without clinical signs compatible with neosporosis (5.6%) was close to statistical significance. This is the first report on the seroprevalence of N. caninum in dogs in Portugal. Neosporosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neurological disorders of dogs.

【 授权许可】

   
© C. Maia et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2014

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